Perhaps civilization will never be safe until we care for something el…

C. S. Lewis
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Perhaps civilization will never be safe until we care for something else more than we care for it. The hypothesis has certain facts to support it. As far as peace (which is one ingredient in our idea of civilization)is concerned, I think many would now agree that a foreign policy dominated by desire for peace is one of the many roads that lead to war. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2014). God in the Dock, p.311, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
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