It is futile to enter into disputation with any worshipper of the letter, seeing that for the purposes of argument the letter is so much more manageable than the spirit, which while it lies in the letter unperceived, has no force. The letter-worshipper is incapable of seeing that no utterance of God could possibly mean what he makes out of it.
— George MacDonald, Wisdom to Live By, p. 101, quoting from Donal Grant
Photo: South Riding, Virginia, November 1, 2021