Naturally, since I myself am a writer, I do not wish the ordinary read…

C. S. Lewis
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Naturally, since I myself am a writer, I do not wish the ordinary reader to read no modern books. But if he must read only the new or only the old, I would advise him to read the old. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2014). God in the Dock, p.218, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
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