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It is mere nonsense to put pain among the discoveries of science. Lay down this book and reflect for five minutes on the fact that all the great religions were first preached, and long practiced, in a world without chloroform.

~ C. S. Lewis ~

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C. S. LewisThe Problem of Pain

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