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“One reason we rush so quickly to the vulgar satisfactions of judgement, and love to revel in our righteous outrage, is that it spares us from the impotent pain of empathy, and the harder, messier work of understanding.”

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Book:We Learn Nothing
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Book:The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton Volume 32: The Illustrated London News, 1920-1922
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