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Faith is always at a disadvantage it is a perpetually defeated thing which survives all conquerors.
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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