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An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.

All Things Considered (1908) ‘On Running after one’s Hat’

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And Noah he often said to his wife when he sat down to dine,

‘I don’t care where the water goes if it doesn’t get into the wine.’

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For there is good news yet to hear and fine things to be seen,

Before we go to Paradise by way of Kensal Green.

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Smile at us, pay us, pass us; but do not quite forget.

For we are the people of England, that never have spoken yet.

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Before the Roman came to Rye or out to Severn strode,

The rolling English drunkard made the rolling English road.

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A merry road, a mazy road, and such as we did tread

The night we went to Birmingham by way of Beachy Head.

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Strong gongs groaning as the guns boom far,

Don John of Austria is going to the war.

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The cold queen of England is looking in the glass;

The shadow of the Valois is yawning at the Mass.

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From all that terror teaches,

From lies of tongue and pen,

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Fools! For I also had my hour;

One far fierce hour and sweet:

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Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was one of the most prolific and influential intellectuals in early 20th-century England. His work spans poetry, fiction (notably the Father Brown stories), essays, criticism, and Christian apologetics. Chesterton was a master of paradox and aphorism, using his wit and intelligence to defend conservative ideas and the Christian faith. His personality was as striking as his writing; he was described as a portly man, with a jovial appearance and a brilliant, inquisitive mind. He fought against what he saw as the decline of rational and spiritual thought in modern society, advocating for traditional values and human dignity.