Though no one would want to be sold as a slave, it is perhaps even mor…

C. S. Lewis
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Though no one would want to be sold as a slave, it is perhaps even more galling to be a sort of utility slave whom no one will buy. ✨ C. S. Lewis (1997). The voyage of the Dawn Treader, HarperCollins Publishers
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Though no one would want to be sold as a slave, it is perhaps even more galling to be a sort of utility slave whom no one will buy. ✨ C. S. Lewis (1997). The voyage of the Dawn Treader, HarperCollins Publishers

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