G. K. Chesterton
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Chesterton was an English writer and Christian apologist, known for his wit, his use of paradox and his defence of tradition.
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7 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Born: 29 May 1874, Campden Hill, Kensington, London (opens wiqqi.app)
- Died: 14 Jun 1936, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, of congestive heart failure (opens wiqqi.app)
- Education: St Paul's School; the Slade School of Art, without completing a degree (opens wiqqi.app)
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Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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59 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Social reform should start from a picture of the good society, not a catalogue of ills (opens korrents.com)
“The only way to discuss the social evil is to get at once to the social ideal.”
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The Christian ideal was not tried and found wanting; it was found difficult and left untried (opens korrents.com)
“The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.”
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Property is the ordinary person’s art: everyone should have something to shape as their own (opens korrents.com)
“Property is merely the art of the democracy. It means that every man should have something that he can shape in his own image, as he is shaped in the image of heaven.”
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Social reform should start from a picture of the good society, not a catalogue of ills (opens korrents.com)