Just at present you only see the tree by the light of the lamp. I wond…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Just at present you only see the tree by the light of the lamp. I wonder when you would ever see the lamp by the light of the tree. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.149, Simon and Schuster
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Just at present you only see the tree by the light of the lamp. I wonder when you would ever see the lamp by the light of the tree. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.149, Simon and Schuster

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