A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up t…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root without affecting the flower. A conservative generally meant a man who wanted to conserve everything except his own reason for conserving anything. ✨ The Evolution of Words and Meanings, The Illustrated London News, July 3, 1920.
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