Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him …

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.28, Simon and Schuster
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Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.28, Simon and Schuster

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