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Introduction

A study of a book by GK Chesterton.

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Postby Tuirgin » January 13th, 2006, 7:44 pm

To read only children's books, treasure / Only childish thoughts, throw / Grown-up things away / And rise from deep sorrows.
-- Osip Mandelshtam, 1908
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re: Introduction

Postby Sven » January 13th, 2006, 8:54 pm

Rat! he found breath to whisper, shaking. Are you afraid?
Afraid? murmured the Rat, his eyes shining with unutterable love.
Afraid! Of Him? O, never, never! And yet -- and yet -- O, Mole, I am afraid!
Then the two animals, crouching to the earth, bowed their heads and did worship.
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Re: re: Introduction

Postby Tuirgin » January 13th, 2006, 9:21 pm

To read only children's books, treasure / Only childish thoughts, throw / Grown-up things away / And rise from deep sorrows.
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Re: re: Introduction

Postby Gabriel Syme » January 26th, 2006, 5:54 pm

In our school, on a wall, there is a big writing, saying «I care». It is the untranslatable motto of the best among young Americans. It means: «I AM interested in it; it is dear to me». That's the exact opposite of the fascist motto, «I don't care». (Lorenzo Milani, priest. Lettera ai giudici; 1965)
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re: Introduction

Postby Sarah N. » January 27th, 2006, 2:01 am

Live in the world as if only God and your soul were in it; then your heart will never be made captive by any earthly thing. ~ St. John of the Cross

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Re: re: Introduction

Postby lee_merrill » January 29th, 2006, 7:04 pm

This is very good! and confirms some of what I had thought and understood, and contradicts some other thoughts and ideas I had had.

I will now have to revise my thoughts about TMWWT being an exposition of Orthodoxy! Rather, it seems that TMWWT has seeds in it that produced the bloom of the other book...

Blessings,
Lee
"As Macdonald said, 'No one loves because he sees reason, but because he loves.'" (C.S. Lewis)
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re: Introduction

Postby Gabriel Syme » January 29th, 2006, 10:46 pm

Oyessindeed!!!
:shocked:
It was great to have the possibility of reading that. Not at all easy, but really interesting.
HUGE thanks Sarah for posting it!
I don't think you need to apologize for that... ;)

God bless you all,
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Postby Cymru » February 21st, 2007, 10:39 pm

I just spotted a book in a Barnes and Noble over the weekend called "The book that changed my life." Each chapter is a different author/statesman who talks about the book that changed their life. I was both delighted and surprised to see that Anne Perry wrote about Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday. Her chapter was so rife with specific Chestertonian language that I suspect she has read much more of him than just this title. She just couldn't say enough good about it. Since my supervisor at work is a huge Perry fan (she got me into her books) I was telling her about it and she immediately said of TMWWT, "I have to read that now!"
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Postby john » April 6th, 2007, 9:35 am

Is this study still happening?
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Ask TBSJ, Dr. Z

Postby Kanakaberaka » April 6th, 2007, 7:09 pm

so it goes...
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Postby The Bigsleep J » April 7th, 2007, 12:01 pm

Insert supposedly witty but random absurd comment here and add water
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