Isn't it absolutely essential to keep a fierce Left and fierce Right, …

C. S. Lewis
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Isn't it absolutely essential to keep a fierce Left and fierce Right, both on their toes and each terrified of the other? That's how we get things done. ✨ C.S. Lewis (1996). That Hideous Strength, p.97, Simon and Schuster
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