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This reads as a dark, disciplined warning about human vulnerability. It can be taken to mean that the world is not mastered by control or busyness, but that fear is met by alertness and restraint, even if the protection is imperfect. It lands when someone is trying to stay steady under pressure and knows that attachment itself can leave them exposed.
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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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