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Tradition is an extension of the vote to our ancestors
Drawn from what G. K. Chesterton said
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- G. K. Chesterton English writer and Christian apologist (1874 to 1936)
Tradition may be defined as an extension of the franchise. Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors.
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