I will not call it my philosophy; for I did not make it. God and human…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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I will not call it my philosophy; for I did not make it. God and humanity made it; and it made me. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.5, Simon and Schuster
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I will not call it my philosophy; for I did not make it. God and humanity made it; and it made me. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.5, Simon and Schuster

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