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In the Footsteps of Van Eldik

The Lewis Legacy-Issue 77, Summer 1998 The C.S. Lewis Foundation for Truth in Publishing

According to the 5 November 1997 issue of the Christian Science Monitor representatives of the United Nations gave a standing ovation to “His Royal Highness Prince Hadji Mohd al Alsagof van Eldik of Bornea” when he appeared in robes and ceremonials at a conference in Melbourne and announced that he would match Ted Turner’s $1 billion gift to the United Nations for programs for the poor. The Prince turned out to be an Australian who is $7,000 in debt to his own family.

“[Dogs and cats] have consciences but the dog, being an honest, humble person, always has a bad one, but the cat is a Pharisee and always has a good one. When he sits and stares you out of countenance he is thanking God that he is not as these dogs, or these humans, or even as these other cats!

C. S. Lewis, Letters to an American Lady