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1st International Clerihew Contest
Email us your clerihew by March 11th, 5pm (CT) to enter the 1st International Clerihew Contest! The winning clerihew will be read at the 32nd Annual Chesterton Conference and the winner will receive a Chesterton beer mug.
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The Bridge-Builders
The term pontiff means bridge-builder and in his poem, The Bridge-Builders, G.K. Chesterton uses this theme referring, of course, to Christ himself. The pope, as the Vicar of Christ, is a reflection of that ultimate bridge-builder, the one who has crossed the chasm between God and man.
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In Honor of the Discovery of the Remains of King Richard III
If we desire at all to catch the strange colours of the sunset of the Middle Ages, to see what had changed yet not wholly killed chivalry there is no better study than the riddle of Richard III.
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The Basis of Civilization
We have seen the natural consequences of unnatural acts. We have witnessed a monumental economic disaster that is not the result of inflation or recession but of the devaluation of children.
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G.K. Chesterton on Victor Hugo
Have you seen Les Misérables yet? You probably don’t know that in 1902, G.K. Chesterton wrote an essay on a nearly-forgotten writer named Victor Hugo, predicting that he would become very popular again. Chesterton wrote,
“…Hugo is a vague and remote figure, a doubtful and little discussed author. Yet he was, beyond question, one of the greatest men of letters that Europe has seen, and the day of his return into intellectual triumph is remote indeed, but certain.”
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