What are we going to do? asked the Professor. At this moment, said Sym…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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What are we going to do? asked the Professor. At this moment, said Syme, with a scientific detachment, I think we are going to smash into a lamppost. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.250, Simon and Schuster
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What are we going to do? asked the Professor. At this moment, said Syme, with a scientific detachment, I think we are going to smash into a lamppost. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.250, Simon and Schuster

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