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Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes: Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any relation to reality at all.
         

Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any relation to reality at all.


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