“I had not
noticed how the humblest, and at the same time most balanced and capacious,
minds praised most, while the cranks, misfits and malcontents praised
least The good critics found something
to praise in many imperfect works; the bade ones continually narrowed the list
of books we were allowed to read. The
healthy and unaffected man, even if luxuriously brought up and widely experienced in good cookery, could praise a very modest meal; the dyspeptic and
the snob found fault with all. Except
where intolerable circumstances interfere, praise almost always seems to be
inner health made audible.” C. S. Lewis,
Reflections on the Psalms, 94.
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