“In a world full of sophistry and propaganda, we want to protect the rising generation from being deceived, to forearm them against the invitations to false sentiment and muddled thinking which printed words will so often offer them.
Unfortunately, the very same habit which makes them impervious to the bad writing may make them impervious also to the good. . . . We must risk being taken in, if we are to get anything.
The best safeguard against bad literature is a full experience of good; just as a real and affectionate acquaintance with honest people gives a better protection against rogues than a habitual distrust of everyone.”
- C. S. Lewis, Experiment in Criticism
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