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Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Weak if we were and foolish, not thus we failed, not thus;..."

Weak if we were and foolish, not thus we failed, not thus; When that black Baal blocked the heavens he had no hymns from us

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