The secularists have not wrecked divine things; but the secularists ha…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The secularists have not wrecked divine things; but the secularists have wrecked secular things, if that is any comfort to them. The Titans did not scale heaven; but they laid waste the world. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.106, Simon and Schuster
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The secularists have not wrecked divine things; but the secularists have wrecked secular things, if that is any comfort to them. The Titans did not scale heaven; but they laid waste the world. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.106, Simon and Schuster

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