Put first things first and we get second things thrown in: put second …

C. S. Lewis
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Put first things first and we get second things thrown in: put second things first & we lose both first and second things. ✨ The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume 3: Narnia, Cambridge, and Joy, 1950 - 1963.
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Put first things first and we get second things thrown in: put second things first & we lose both first and second things. ✨ The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume 3: Narnia, Cambridge, and Joy, 1950 - 1963.

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