Chapter XXVI: "Note, once again, the admirable work of our Philological Arm in substituting the negative unselfishness for the Enemy's positive Charity (141)."
The quote is saying that there is a bad form of unselfishness which is when we are being unselfish, but not because of our love for another person. It acknowledges that there is a fine line between the two, negative unselfishness and the God's positive Charity, and it shows how easy it is to be unselfish without love.This is a reminder to me to make sure that I am being unselfish for the right reasons, with God's love as a motive.
Chapter XXVII:"False spirituality is always to be encouraged (148)."
This is the devil saying that he wants us to think that we are right with God, even when we are not. To me an example of this is how some people think that because they go to church, attend a Christian school, or that their parents are Christians, that they are a Christian.
Chapter XXVIII: "Prosperity knits a man to the World (155)."
Commonly, prosperity is linked to money and other physical possessions. If you had a lot of money or a lot of nice stuff, I think it would be harder to not make those things more important than God, and not place a heavy value on them.
Chapter XXIX: "The point is to keep him feeling that he has something, other than the Enemy and courage the Enemy supplies, to fall back on,(163)..."
This is showing how the devil encourages us not to completely just give our needs to God and trust Him. I think it is very easy to do this and try to rely on other things or people, in addition to God.
Chapter XXX: "The general rule which we have now pretty well established among them is that in all experiences which can make them happier or better only the physical facts are 'Real' while the spiritual elements are 'subjective'(168)."
This is talking about how the devil wants us to focus on what is "real", like it was said earlier in the book. He wants us to believe that spiritual things are not as real because they are not physical.
Chapter XXXI: "Did you mark how naturally—as if he'd been born for it—the earthborn vermin entered the new life(172)?"
I assume this is referring to the patient dying. I think the question is saying that the patient was glad to die and that it was easy and natural because he was going home to be with God. For the "as if he'd been born for it" section, it relates to how we are made to bring glory to God and praise Him, so the best place for the patient, as well as all Christians, to do that would be heaven.
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