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   Steve Hayes to chenrich@monmouth.com   
   Re: Eustace Scrubb & definition of "spoi   
   16 Aug 05 07:18:36   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.books.childrens, alt.books.cs-lewis   
   From: hayesmstw@hotmail.com   
      
   On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 22:41:35 GMT, "Christopher J. Henrich"   
    wrote:   
      
   >This is an interesting and (to me) novel insight about CSL's views of   
   >liberty and authority.  He is sometimes pictured as a grouchy old   
   >would-be dictator.   
      
   Perhaps there's something of the would-be dictator in all of us, but in   
   Lewis's novels most of the would-ber dictators are villains, and, as you say,   
   the good guys tend to become revolutionaries when the dictators are around.   
   --   
   Steve Hayes   
   Web: http://www.geocities.com/hayesstw/stevesig.htm   
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