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Grace<\/strong>\u00a0is giving to another what they don’t deserve.<\/p>\n Mercy<\/strong> is not giving another what they deserve.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Author Unknown Grace\u00a0is giving to another what they don’t deserve. 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