Since it is so likely that (children) will meet cruel enemies, let the…

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Since it is so likely that (children) will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage. Otherwise you are making their destiny not brighter but darker. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2002). Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories, p.43, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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