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" People generally quarrel because they cannot argue. "
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Because
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" The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective. "
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" What affects men sharply about a foreign nation is not so much finding or not finding familiar things; it is rather not finding them in the familiar place. "
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