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Gilbert K. Chesterton

Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my pocket. But I found it would be too long and the age of the great epics is past.

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The author initially wanted to create a detailed collection focused solely on everyday objects he carried, but realized that such a project would be excessively lengthy. He also acknowledges that the time when grand, lengthy stories were popular has ended, making such an epic work less relevant today.

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