It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see t…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the problem. ✨ Scandal of Father Brown (1935) Point of a Pin
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It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the problem. ✨ Scandal of Father Brown (1935) Point of a Pin

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