The Museum is not meant either for the wanderer to see by accident or …

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The Museum is not meant either for the wanderer to see by accident or for the pilgrim to see with awe. It is meant for the mere slave of a routine of self- education to stuff himself with every sort of incongruous intellectual food in one indigestible meal.
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