Sortes Chestertonianae
At this he looked very much astonished, and I knew he was an Englishman; for Englishmen always think that Russians study nothing but 'ukases'.
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- Don't you see one only breaks the fence or shoots the moon in order to get home?
- No, - I answered after due reflection, - I don't think I should accept that.
- Ah, - he said with a sort of sigh, - then you have explained a second thing to me.
- What do you mean? - I asked, - what thing?
- Why your revolution has failed, - he said.
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- Don't you see one only breaks the fence or shoots the moon in order to get home?
- No, - I answered after due reflection, - I don't think I should accept that.
- Ah, - he said with a sort of sigh, - then you have explained a second thing to me.
- What do you mean? - I asked, - what thing?
- Why your revolution has failed, - he said.