We must perpetually try to distinguish, however closely they get entwi…

C. S. Lewis
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We must perpetually try to distinguish, however closely they get entwined by the subtle nature of the facts and by the secret importunity of our passions, those attitudes in a writer which we can honestly and confidently condemn as real evils, and those qualities in his writing which simply annoy and offend us as men of taste. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2014). Christian Reflections, p.38, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
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