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...possible for British juries to give contemptuous damages of one farthing. Then again, the King James version of the New Testament will call for amendment; see the Gospel according to St. Matthew, V, 26: "Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing." And X, 29: "Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing...
...physical resurrection "horribly shocking," though he admits that G. K. Chesterton once told him "that I have no right to limit my conception of reality and of God to that which does not shock me." Christ's last terrible cry on the cross ("My God. my God, why hast thou forsaken me?") strikes Murry as "the agony of foreboding that the God in whom he had believed and trusted did not exist, after all. God was beyond even his understanding. He had taken the risk and lost." Murry goes on to say that Christ had indeed won, though...
...eyebrows that appear perpetually raised and slightly turned up at the outside ends. Thus he looks always surprised and quizzical. Surely, Falstaff is at heart not a questioner: he cares not for the future, lives entirely in the present (Hal's first words to him are "What a devil hast thou to do with the time of the day?") and accepts that present without surprise or query. The eyebrows set a false tone that, in a small way, throws off Berry's performance...
...eager to learn-not that it is easy for a bishop to be told that his diction is bad, his talk diffuse, his eyes shifty, his breathing jerky, his harrumphs, ums and ahs distracting. "No. no," cried a producer as one of his pupils monotoned the words "which Thou hast ordained." "Put some feeling into it. This is God we are talking about. 'Which THOU hast ordained.' " Obediently, the pupil tried again. "All right," cried the producer, "I'll buy that...
...report that Mrs. Hunter said, "Children should be exposed to Scripture with extreme caution." The Apostle Paul, an inspired writer of Scripture, didn't agree with such advice. In his letter to Timothy he said: "From a child thou hast known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus...