All the great utterances of man have to be judged not by the letter but by the spirit - the spirit which unfolds itself with the growth of life in history. (Rabindranath Tagore)

All the great utterances of man have to be judged not by the letter but by the spirit - the spirit which unfolds itself with the growth of life in history.

Rabindranath Tagore

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