Ordinary Degrees

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    Lord, have mercy on us.
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    Missal, The. The Ordinary of the Mass.

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    Gradually we come to admit that Shakespeare understands a greater extent and variety of human life than Dante; but that Dante understands deeper degrees of degradation and higher degrees of exaltation.
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