A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straig…

C. S. Lewis
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A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.37, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.37, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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