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...Which among these was the favored biblical quote? A) "Judge not, that ye be not judged." B) "The letter killeth." C) "Let him who is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amy Musher's Mailbag | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...condemning abortion we condemn ourselves. We should all feel guilty, after each abortion, for we are all part of the society that, of necessity, allows it. The state legislature has only been mistaken in trying to force this emotion through the code of the law. But as "the letter killeth," so do the abortionists, and which is worse...

Author: By Siddhartha Mazumdar, | Title: No One Is Innocent | 9/24/1980 | See Source »

...Liang K'ai, an artist of the early 13th century, who captured in a few exquisitely jagged brush strokes an illiterate patriarch, howling with glee, tearing up a sutra, or sacred text. It is an Oriental parallel to St. Paul's remark that "the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Sudden Enlightenment | 12/14/1970 | See Source »

...based. If the Harvard Law School, through its faculty activity and its teaching, could shift its concern even slightly from the generally too narrow objectives of much traditional legal scholarship, we might increase our contribution. Even in our field it may be true that 'the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law Schools: Harvard at 150 | 10/6/1967 | See Source »

...letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Deaths of a Church | 8/25/1961 | See Source »

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