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The line separates direct experience from inherited belief. It can be taken to mean that nature did not hand over a full theology, but it did make one word feel weighty and alive, so the world becomes a starting point for wonder rather than proof. It lands for a reader who has felt awe outdoors without turning that feeling into certainty.
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About C.S. Lewis
British author, literary scholar, and Anglican lay theologian
C. S. Lewis was a British author, literary scholar, and Anglican lay theologian. He held posts in English literature at Magdalen College, Oxford, and later at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He is best known for The Chronicles of Narnia. Lewis also wrote The Screwtape Letters and the Space Trilogy, along with Christian apologetic works such as Mere Christianity, Miracles, and The Problem of Pain. His writing ranges from imaginative fiction to religious argument, and much of it reflects his interest in Christian belief and moral questions.
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