Now a theist, he thought he should behave like one, even if it meant him during “the fussy, time-wasting, botheration of it all! the bells, the crowds, the umbrellas, the notices, the bustle, the perpetual arranging and organizing,” and, worst of all, the hymns and organ music.

Now a theist, he thought he should behave like one, even if it meant him during “the fussy, time-wasting, botheration of it all! the bells, the crowds, the umbrellas, the notices, the bustle, the perpetual arranging and organizing,” and, worst of all, the hymns and organ music.

– Philip Zaleski –

The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien

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