The Myth of Arthur
O learned man who never learned to learn, Save to deduce, by timid steps and small, From towering smoke that fire can never burn And from tall tales that men […]
O learned man who never learned to learn, Save to deduce, by timid steps and small, From towering smoke that fire can never burn And from tall tales that men […]
Introduction by Rebekah Valerius G.K. Chesterton was once asked to name his favorite detective novel. “As I am the President of a club consisting entirely of English writers of detective […]
G.K. Chesterton on one of his favorite authors, George MacDonald. This piece was written as an introduction to George MacDonald and His Wife, by Greville M. MacDonald (MacDonald’s son), 1924. […]
Step softly, under snow or rain, To find the place where men can pray; The way is all so very plain That we may lose the way. Oh, we have […]
The best reason for a revival of philosophy is that unless a man has a philosophy certain horrible things will happen to him. He will be practical; he will be […]
Nearly all the best and most precious things in the universe you can get for a halfpenny. I make an exception, of course, of the sun, the moon, the earth, […]