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In which Tari quotes Chesterton
Feb. 22nd, 2003 03:38 pmAd Mundo Exteriore,
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durberville:
You are William Blake! Wow. I'm impressed. Not only are you a self-made artist and poet, but you've suddenly become a very trendy guy to like. It's not that we doubt that you have all your marbles, it's just that we're not quite sure what you did with them to come up with those terrifying theological visions. The people of your time were nowhere near as forgiving as that, and all your neighbors thought you were a grade-A nut job. But we love you, so rest happy.
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Grade-A nut job, that's me! I actually admire Blake, so I'm hardly surprised.
I've been going off on a G.K. Chesterton reading rampage, and I have a funny quote, from "The Unobtrusive Traffic of Captain Pierce":
" 'I have every reason to believe,' affirmed Pierce solemnly, 'that Gurth the Swineherd made use of this identical building. I have no doubt it is in fact far older. The best authorities believe that the Prodigal Son stayed here for some time, and the pigs—those noble and much maligned animals—gave him such excellent advice that he returned to his family. And now, Mr. Oates, they say that all that magnificent heritage is to be swept away. But it shall not be. We shall no so easily submit to all the vandals and vulgar tyrants who would thus tear down our temples and our holy places. The pig-sty shall rise again in a magnificent resurrection—larger pig-stys, loftier pig-stys, shall yet cover the land; the towers and domes and spires of statelier and more ideal pig-stys, in the most striking architectural styles, shall again declare the victory of the holy hog over his unholy oppressors.' "
I believe there is nothing more to be said.
...Tari
Post-script: All right, so I said there was nothing more to be said, but let me just add this one last note. I've finally moved on to the Father Brown mysteries, which are also wonderful, and I think I'm going to start doing a daily Chesterton quote for the next three weeks. Or rather, whenever I post on LJ, that is. Just warning you.
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durberville:You are William Blake! Wow. I'm impressed. Not only are you a self-made artist and poet, but you've suddenly become a very trendy guy to like. It's not that we doubt that you have all your marbles, it's just that we're not quite sure what you did with them to come up with those terrifying theological visions. The people of your time were nowhere near as forgiving as that, and all your neighbors thought you were a grade-A nut job. But we love you, so rest happy.
Which Major Romantic Poet Would You Be (if You Were a Major Romantic Poet)?
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Grade-A nut job, that's me! I actually admire Blake, so I'm hardly surprised.
I've been going off on a G.K. Chesterton reading rampage, and I have a funny quote, from "The Unobtrusive Traffic of Captain Pierce":
" 'I have every reason to believe,' affirmed Pierce solemnly, 'that Gurth the Swineherd made use of this identical building. I have no doubt it is in fact far older. The best authorities believe that the Prodigal Son stayed here for some time, and the pigs—those noble and much maligned animals—gave him such excellent advice that he returned to his family. And now, Mr. Oates, they say that all that magnificent heritage is to be swept away. But it shall not be. We shall no so easily submit to all the vandals and vulgar tyrants who would thus tear down our temples and our holy places. The pig-sty shall rise again in a magnificent resurrection—larger pig-stys, loftier pig-stys, shall yet cover the land; the towers and domes and spires of statelier and more ideal pig-stys, in the most striking architectural styles, shall again declare the victory of the holy hog over his unholy oppressors.' "
I believe there is nothing more to be said.
...Tari
Post-script: All right, so I said there was nothing more to be said, but let me just add this one last note. I've finally moved on to the Father Brown mysteries, which are also wonderful, and I think I'm going to start doing a daily Chesterton quote for the next three weeks. Or rather, whenever I post on LJ, that is. Just warning you.
