The modern world is filled with men who hold dogmas so strongly that t…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The modern world is filled with men who hold dogmas so strongly that they do not even know they are dogmas. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.244, Simon and Schuster
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The modern world is filled with men who hold dogmas so strongly that they do not even know they are dogmas. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.244, Simon and Schuster

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