"When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?"
-Gilbert K. Chesterton
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"Science in the modern world has many uses its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the rich.“
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