He was a big man, standing 6 feet, 4 inches tall and weighing nearly 300 pounds. To that mountainous physique, add his characteristic appearance in public—a pince-nez, capes and great coats, papers jutting from his pockets, a walking stick, and cigar—and you had a subject that caricaturists could, and did, love. Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)…
Nobility, Valor, and a Great King: England’s King Alfred: G.K. Chesterton’s ‘The Ballad of the White Horse’
September 27, 2022
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Will Durant’s Essay ‘Freedom of Worship’: A Story About a Little Church
“Each according to the dictates of his own conscience.” This phrase, attributed to George Washington, illuminates the top of Norman Rockwell’s painting “Freedom of Worship,” which shows eight different people praying. Each individual shows his own form of worship, whether it is pensive, thankful, patient, sad, petitioning, or filled with wonder. Some people look upwards,…
Something for Summer Reading: ‘The Prisoner of Zenda’ by Anthony Hope
This “spirited and gallant little book,” as Robert Louis Stevenson called it, is gloriously upbeat, unafraid to take a positive, unapologetic stance on the side of virtue and valor. The best summer books remind people of the warm spirit of optimism that makes life refreshing and exciting. “The Prisoner of Zenda,” written in 1894 by…
‘An Angel in Disguise’: Strength Disguised as Weakness
June 19, 2022
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When we think of heroes, we think of strong, brave men like Alexander the Great or Charlemagne. Such men overcome weakness and vice and learn self-control. They face trials that test their worth and overcome the desolation and misery of evil. Yet, in his short story “An Angel in Disguise,” T.S. Arthur proves that such…
The Goodness and Greatness of G.K. Chesterton
Though the England of his time was famous for its eccentrics, one man in particular captured the attention of satirists and the hearts and smiles of the men and women of that island nation. Writer G.K. Chesterton (1874–1936) was a giant of a man for his time, standing 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighing…
The Last Bard: G.K. Chesterton
A “bard,” goes the standard definition, is a “declaimer of heroic or epic verse.” Once a tradition in every culture (think Homer), the bard has all but disappeared. The last to write in English was a rotund, bespectacled Londoner, widely known in his time and deserving of greater recognition today. G.K. Chesterton (1874–1936) enjoyed a…
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