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Quotation from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

“We are acting by the letter; and ‘the letter killeth’!”

Thomas Hardy (spoken by Jude)

Jude the Obscure, Part Sixth, Ch. VIII (Project Gutenberg text)

Portrait of Thomas Hardy

In the Marygreen church during his last meeting with Sue, Jude turns the novel's Pauline motto against her return to Phillotson.

Citation: "We are acting by the letter; and ‘the letter killeth’!" — Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure, Part Sixth, Ch. VIII (Project Gutenberg text). (id jude-the-obscure-q6)

Portrait: Thomashardy restored, Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain.

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