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Allusion in 4th Screwtape letter

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Allusion in 4th Screwtape letter

Postby Michael Gaul » May 26th, 2007, 3:47 pm

Near the end of the fourth letter, he writes If he... directs his prayers 'Not to what I think thou art but to what thou knowest thyself to be", our situation is, for the moment desperate.

Do the quotation marks indicate that this is an allusion from some well known (to Lewis) earlier work, or only to indicate that these would be the patient's words?

If the former, does anyone know the earlier work?
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Postby Sven » May 26th, 2007, 4:00 pm

I believe it is intended to be an example of the patient's own words, Michael.
Rat! he found breath to whisper, shaking. Are you afraid?
Afraid? murmured the Rat, his eyes shining with unutterable love.
Afraid! Of Him? O, never, never! And yet -- and yet -- O, Mole, I am afraid!
Then the two animals, crouching to the earth, bowed their heads and did worship.
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Postby Michael Gaul » May 27th, 2007, 1:05 am

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Postby ABC » June 3rd, 2007, 12:35 am

I always thought that the line was from St. Augustine, but I can't find the quotation on the Internet, so I might be mistaken. If anyone has an idea, I'd be very glad to find out where the quote comes from!
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