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G. K. Chesterton

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When Plain Folk, such as you or I,     See the Sun sinking in the sky,     We think it is the Setting Sun,     But Mr. Gilbert Chesterton     Is not so easily misled.     He calmly stands upon his head,     And upside down obtains a new     And Chestertonian point of view,     Observing thus, how from his toes     The sun creeps nearer to his nose,     He cries with wonder and delight,     "How Grand the SUNRISE is to-night!"

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