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To: doc1019

Chesterton is about one of the most quotable guys out there. He is the one that came up with this:

“The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog.”


61 posted on 02/15/2011 8:59:22 PM PST by RobRoy (The US Today: Revelation 18:4)
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To: RobRoy
“The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog.”

Damn, that's good. I need to research more of what Chesterton has to say.

113 posted on 02/16/2011 6:14:32 AM PST by GBA (Not on our watch!)
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