In his opinion, neither justice nor mercy were very closely related to love, let alone being identical with it-otherwise, why have three words instead of one? A metaphor is not a tautology. (James Blish)

In his opinion, neither justice nor mercy were very closely related to love, let alone being identical with it-otherwise, why have three words instead of one? A metaphor is not a tautology.

James Blish

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