The modern habit of doing ceremonial things unceremoniously is no proo…

C. S. Lewis
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The modern habit of doing ceremonial things unceremoniously is no proof of humility; rather it proves the offender's inability to forget himself in the rite, and his readiness to spoil for every one else the proper pleasure of ritual. ✨ C.S. Lewis (2005). A Preface to Paradise Lost, p.16, Atlantic Publishers & Dist
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