Describing his fear of meeting his new teacher, whom he heard was particularly sentimental, Lewis writes:<\/p>\n
It is one of my lifelong weaknesses that I never could endure the embrace or kiss of my own sex. (An unmanly weaknes, by the way; Aeneas, Beowulf, Roland, Lancelot, Johnson, and Nelson knew nothing of it.)<\/p>\n
-C.S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy, p.134<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I’m with him on this one. For a while in college I went to a man-hugging church and well, never got into it. If Beowulf could do it though, perhaps I should toughen up. Though it might make it easier if I was in armour and had the heads of my enemies hanging from my belt. Yeah that would definitely make it easier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Describing his fear of meeting his new teacher, whom he heard was particularly sentimental, Lewis writes: It is one of my lifelong weaknesses that I never could endure the embrace or kiss of my own sex. (An unmanly weaknes, by the way; Aeneas, Beowulf, Roland, Lancelot, Johnson, and Nelson knew nothing of it.) -C.S. Lewis, … <\/p>\n
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