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Religious unity can look like a carnival and religious liberty can look like a funeral.
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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It is human to err and the only final and deadly error, among all our errors, is denying that we have ever erred.
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The present condition of fame is merely fashion.
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I believe in preaching to the converted for I have generally found that the converted do not understand their own religion.
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