Think of a country where people were admired for running away in battl…

C. S. Lewis
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Think of a country where people were admired for running away in battle, or where a man felt proud of double-crossing all the people who had been kindest to him. You might just as well try to imagine a country where two and two made five. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2009). Mere Christianity, p.17, HarperCollins UK
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