When Mercy Seasons Justice

When the old Mercy Hospital was new.

Tender Mercy

If you are an Englishman you will begin by being irritated by Mr. Kaufman?I almost wrote " by having Mr. Kaufman irritate you "?such is the obtrusiveness of the American idiom when the title page has given you no inkling Mr. Kaufman is not London based. But this mere pettifog that carps. The main irritation is the slow build-up of the tale. Mr. Kaufman is in no mood to jag his backcloth with ey...

321 Questions of Mercy

My aim in this brief introduction is to organize the Symposium articles around two questions, recognizing that doing so means ignoring other important questions to which the articles attend. I also aim to paint in broad strokes, thus also ignoring much of the argumentative subtlety and nuance contained in the articles. With those caveats on the table, the questions are these: First, does mercy ...

Arrows of Mercy

mas now confronting the medical establishment. I found the hard data necessary for the acceptance of the propositions propounded lacking. A reliance on anecdote and what seemed sparse or incomplete statistics was substituted. These may be sufficient for creating a climate, but are not a basis for rational understanding. Many of the statements and conclusions seemed based more on intuition, albe...

The League of Mercy

the Grand President of the League, and Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, the Lady President. Consequently, when the Prince came into the garden from Clarence House at four o'clock, the lawns which lie in front of the State apartments were thronged. In the absence abroad of Lord Wolferton, the senior Honorary Secretary, the Prince was received by Sir William Collins and Sir James Harrison, Ho...