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The universe rings true whenever you fairly test it.
C. S. Lewis
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C. S. Lewis
Age: 64 †
Born: 1898
Born: January 1
Died: 1963
Died: January 1
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As image and apprehension are in organic unity, so, for a Christian, are human body and human soul.
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The more lucidly we think, the more we are cut off: the more deeply we enter into reality, the less we can think.
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It is only our bad temper that we put down to being tired or worried or hungry we put our good temper down to ourselves.
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