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Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes: Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us if the normal man does not amaze.
         

Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us if the normal man does not amaze.


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