Power to translate is the test of having really understood one's own m…

C. S. Lewis
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Power to translate is the test of having really understood one's own meaning. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2014). God in the Dock, p.98, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
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Power to translate is the test of having really understood one's own meaning. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2014). God in the Dock, p.98, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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