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Gilbert Keith Chesterton

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A man looking at a hippopotamus may sometimes be tempted to regard a hippopotamus as an enormous mistake; but he is also bound to confess that a fortunate inferiority prevents him personally from making such mistakes.
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Ch. 10 "The Great Dickens Characters"

 
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