“Emerson has said, ‘When half-gods go, the gods arrive.’ This is a very doubtful maxim. Better say, ‘When God arrives, then and only then, the half-gods can remain.’”
— C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves — where he precedes it with, “When God rules in a human heart, though he may sometimes have to remove certain of its native authorities altogether, he often continues others in their offices and, by subjecting their authority to his, gives it for the first time a firm basis.”
