tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11415684.post6625283766481833414..comments2024-01-10T06:40:26.416-05:00Comments on Chesterton and Friends: A Reader WritesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11415684.post-78649609493030980182007-11-20T14:58:00.000-05:002007-11-20T14:58:00.000-05:00He didn't quite say that. In fact, from what I can...He didn't quite say that. In fact, from what I can gather - and this is more in tune with the G.K.C I'm sure most of much imagine - he rather frowned on such sentiments.<BR/><BR/>His Slade School Notebook for 1895 records his observation that 'A moderate is a man who wants his children to be moderately clean, houses to be moderately sanitary, and their inhabitants to be moderately sober.'<BR/><BR/>It's quoted in Alzina Stone Dale's "The Outline of Sanity: A Life of G.K. Chesterton", on page 38, if you're interested.The Thirsty Gargoylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07555762505933950270noreply@blogger.com