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Off topic: looking for Chesterton quote

Postby Charis » November 12th, 2007, 3:38 pm

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Postby rusmeister » November 12th, 2007, 5:06 pm

The American Chesterton Society offers a "Quotemeister" service - you have to e-mail your question to them:
"Eh? Two views? There are a dozen views about everything until you know the answer. Then there's never more than one."
Bill "The Blizzard" Hingest - That Hideous Strength
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Postby Charis » November 12th, 2007, 5:09 pm

Excellent - I'll give them a go.
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Postby Mornche Geddick » May 20th, 2008, 12:04 pm

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Postby Neil K » May 20th, 2008, 12:20 pm

'Between my finger and my thumb / The squat pen rests. / I'll dig with it.' - Seamus Heaney, 'Digging'
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Postby Charis » May 20th, 2008, 3:19 pm

Thanks: that's the exact quote I wanted.

And a plug for the previously mentioned quote service: he didn't provide the particular quote I had in mind but he came up with several others which were similar and IMO went way beyond the call of duty. It's cool someone is doing what he's doing...
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Postby galion » May 20th, 2008, 3:47 pm

In fact the sentiment, of not the exact words, goes back a lot further, to the assertion that the best qualification for becoming a bishop was "nolo episcopari" - see St. Ambrose among others.
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