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C. S. Lewis
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He cannot tempt to virtue as we do to vice. He wants them to learn to walk and must therefore take away His hand; and if only the will to walk is really there He is pleased even with their stumbles. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2013). The Screwtape Letters: Annotated Edition, p.36, Harper Collins
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He cannot tempt to virtue as we do to vice. He wants them to learn to walk and must therefore take away His hand; and if only the will to walk is really there He is pleased even with their stumbles. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2013). The Screwtape Letters: Annotated Edition, p.36, Harper Collins

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