“For some strange reason,” writes G. K. Chesterton, “man must always thus plant his fruit trees in a graveyard. Man can only find life among the dead. Man is a misshapen monster, with his feet set forward and his face turned back.”
I’m pretty new to G.K. Chesterton. I spent most of my life never having heard of him, but as I’ve become more intentional about recovering Classical Christian education within my home, I’ve realized that I simply can’t move forward without reading him. As often happens when we embark on the intellectual life, I have come …
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