For the power of Man to make himself what he pleases means... the powe…

C. S. Lewis
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For the power of Man to make himself what he pleases means... the power of some men to make other men what THEY please. ✨ C. S. Lewis, Michael Ward (2017). The Abolition of Man: C.S. Lewis’s Classic Essay on Objective Morality: A Critical Edition by Michael Ward, p.63, TellerBooks
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For the power of Man to make himself what he pleases means... the power of some men to make other men what THEY please. ✨ C. S. Lewis, Michael Ward (2017). The Abolition of Man: C.S. Lewis’s Classic Essay on Objective Morality: A Critical Edition by Michael Ward, p.63, TellerBooks

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