The power which makes a man able to entertain a good impulse is the sa…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The power which makes a man able to entertain a good impulse is the same as that which enables him to make a good gun; it is imagination.
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The power which makes a man able to entertain a good impulse is the same as that which enables him to make a good gun; it is imagination.

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