The New Jerusalem G. K. Chesterton Author

by G. K. Chesterton

2021-04-10 08:19:03

It was in the season of Christmas that I came out of my little garden in that field of the beeches between the Chilterns and the Thames, and began to walk backwards through history to the place from which Christmas came. For it is often necessary to ... Read more
It was in the season of Christmas that I came out of my little garden in that field of the beeches between the Chilterns and the Thames, and began to walk backwards through history to the place from which Christmas came. For it is often necessary to walk backwards, as a man on the wrong road goes back to a sign-post to find the right road. The modern man is more like a traveller who has forgotten the name of his destination, and has to go back whence he came, even to find out where he is going. That the world has lost its way few will now deny; and it did seem to me that I found at last a sort of sign-post, of a singular and significant shape, and saw for a moment in my mind the true map of the modern wanderings; but whether I shall be able to say anything of what I saw, this story must show. Less

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File size5.98(w)x9.02(h)x0.46(d)
Print pages218
PublisherSeltzer Books
Publication date October 10, 2017
ISBN9781455394975
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English writer, philosopher, lay theologian, and literary and art critic. He has been referred to as the "prince of paradox". Time Magazi...

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