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Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
What people call impartiality may simply mean indifference, and what people call partiality may simply mean mental activity.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Date of Birth:
May 29, 1874
Date of Death:
June 14, 1936
Nationality:
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