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Good for the Sufferer and Spectators
C. S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain
Good for the Sufferer and Spectators
C. S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain
Pain is not good in itself. What is good in any painful experience is, for the sufferer, his submission to the will of God, and, for the spectators, the compassion aroused and the acts of mercy to which it leads.