What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised…

C. S. Lewis
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What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument. ✨ C.S. Lewis (1996). Joyful Christian, p.207, Simon and Schuster
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What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument. ✨ C.S. Lewis (1996). Joyful Christian, p.207, Simon and Schuster

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