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Lewis Quote Question

Lewis Quote Question

Postby jcf0703 » June 24th, 2005, 1:08 pm

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone knew of the location of a very vague idea of a quote from Lewis I have in my mind. Does Lewis ever use the idea of people being grateful because there is Someone to be grateful to in his argument from joy in any of his works?

I would appreciate any help!
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Re: Lewis Quote Question

Postby Stanley Anderson » June 24th, 2005, 3:39 pm

…on a night of rain Frodo smelled a sweet fragrance on the air and heard the sound of singing that came over the water. And then it seemed to him that as in his dream in the house of Bombadil, the grey rain-curtain turned all to silver glass and was rolled back, and he beheld white shores and beyond them a fair green country under a swift sunrise.
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Re: Lewis Quote Question

Postby a_hnau » July 2nd, 2005, 10:11 am

It sounds a bit like something I thought was Chesterton; "The trouble with being an atheist is, when you feel gratitude you have no-one to thank." But I've seen it attributed to Rossetti in a number of places, including and
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