“Merely having an open mind is nothing. The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.Rate it:(0.00 / 0 votes)

conservative English writer of the Roman Catholic persuasion; in addition to volumes of criticism and polemics he wrote detective novels featuring Father Brown (1874-1936)

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