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There is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the corner.
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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...the primary paradox that man is superior to all the things around him and yet is at their mercy.
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