Friday, June 08, 2007
G. K. Chesterton, amazing author
I've been reading some works by G. K. Chesterton, a British writer from the late 19th to early 20th century. They are witty, clever, penetrating, and astute. Some of his best known are Heretics and Orthodoxy. Both books delight on every page. There is an American Chesterton Society dedicated to his memory.
Why have we forgotten this great apologist for the Christian faith? To ask the question is to answer it--who learns about someone who basically beat all the great secular figures of the early twentieth century in debates? He wrote 100 books!
Here are a couple of quotes to tantalize you:
"For fear of the newspapers politicians are dull, and at last they are too dull even for the newspapers." - All Things Considered, 1908
"It is terrible to contemplete how few politicians are hanged." - The Cleveland Press, 3/1/21
"Over-civilization and barbarism are within an inch of each other. And a mark of both is the power of medicine-men." - ILN 9-11-09
"The first two facts which a healthy boy or girl feels about sex are these: first that it is beautiful and then that it is dangerous." - ILN 1/9/09
And a favorite:
"The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried." - Chapter 5, What's Wrong With The World, 1910
Why have we forgotten this great apologist for the Christian faith? To ask the question is to answer it--who learns about someone who basically beat all the great secular figures of the early twentieth century in debates? He wrote 100 books!
Here are a couple of quotes to tantalize you:
"For fear of the newspapers politicians are dull, and at last they are too dull even for the newspapers." - All Things Considered, 1908
"It is terrible to contemplete how few politicians are hanged." - The Cleveland Press, 3/1/21
"Over-civilization and barbarism are within an inch of each other. And a mark of both is the power of medicine-men." - ILN 9-11-09
"The first two facts which a healthy boy or girl feels about sex are these: first that it is beautiful and then that it is dangerous." - ILN 1/9/09
And a favorite:
"The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried." - Chapter 5, What's Wrong With The World, 1910
