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C. S. Lewis Quotes: Humans are amphibians - half spirit and half animal. As spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time.
         

Humans are amphibians - half spirit and half animal. As spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time.


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