And there’s also ‘To him that hath shall be given.’ After all, you mus…

C. S. Lewis
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And there’s also ‘To him that hath shall be given.’ After all, you must have a capacity to receive, or even omnipotence can’t give. Perhaps your own passion temporarily destroys the capacity.
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