"The World's Last Night and Other Essays" by C. S. Lewis. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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C. S. Lewis. The World's Last Night and Other Essays
The World's Last Night and Other Essays
Table of Contents
ONE • THE EFFICACY OF PRAYER
TWO • ON OBSTINACY IN BELIEF
THREE • LILIES THAT FESTER
FOUR • SCREWTAPE PROPOSES A TOAST
FIVE • GOOD WORK AND GOOD WORKS
SIX • RELIGION AND ROCKETRY
SEVEN • THE WORLD’S LAST NIGHT
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C. S. Lewis
Published by Good Press, 2022
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Empirical proof and disproof are, then, unobtainable. But this conclusion will seem less depressing if we remember that prayer is request and compare it with other specimens of the same thing.
We make requests of our fellow creatures as well as of God: we ask for the salt, we ask for a raise in pay, we ask a friend to feed the cat while we are on our holidays, we ask a woman to marry us. Sometimes we get what we ask for and sometimes not. But when we do, it is not nearly so easy as one might suppose to prove with scientific certainty a causal connection between the asking and the getting.
