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The merit of persons is to be no rule of our charity, but we are to do acts of kindness to those that least deserve it.

William Law

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William Law
Age: 75 †
Born: 1686
Born: January 1
Died: 1761
Died: April 9
Theologian
Writer
King's Cliffe
Northamptonshire
Acts
Charity
Rule
Kindness
Deserve
Least
Persons
Merit

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