The salvation of a single soul is more important than the production o…

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The salvation of a single soul is more important than the production or preservation of all the epics and tragedies in the world. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.128, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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