I like the Cyclostyle ink; it is so inky. I do not think there is anyo…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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I like the Cyclostyle ink; it is so inky. I do not think there is anyone who takes quite such a fierce pleasure in things being themselves as I do. The startling wetness of water excites and intoxicates me: the fieriness of fire, the steeliness of steel, the unutterable muddiness of mud. It is just the same with people.... When we call a man manly or a woman womanly we touch the deepest philosophy.
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