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14 For a long time I have held my peace, I have kept still and restrained myself; now I will cry out like a woman in labor, I will gasp and pant. 15 I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbage; I will turn the rivers into islands, and dry up the pools.
C. S. Lewis • The C. S. Lewis Bible: For Reading, Reflection, and Inspiration
Milton’s response draws a sharp division between visual and mental impairment: I would, sir, prefer my blindness to yours; yours is a cloud spread over the mind, which darkens both the light of reason and of conscience; mine keeps from my view only the coloured surfaces of things, while it leaves me at liberty to contemplate the beauty and stabilit
... See moreAndrew Leland • The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight
they profaned my sabbaths.