Evil can be undone, but it cannot 'develop' into good. Time does not h…

C. S. Lewis
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Evil can be undone, but it cannot 'develop' into good. Time does not heal it. The spell must be unwound, bit by bit, 'with backward mutters of dissevering power' - or else not.
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