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the object of a new year is not that we should have a new year, but rather that we should have a new soul.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Gilbert K. Chesterton
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: May 29
Died: 1936
Died: June 14
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A sober man may become a drunkard through being a coward. A brave man may become a coward through being a drunkard.
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