Discover the wit and wisdom of Gilbert Keith Chesterton. The Library of the Nursery. In honour of the child the nineteenth century has made one real discovery, the discovery of what are called Nonsense Books. Is, to our mind, even greater. But it is only fair to say that this invention may be criticized in its educational aspect. We must avoid, above all things, confusing those aspects of childhood which are pleasing to children with those which are pleasing to us. And the Young Bongo Bo.

The pursuit of wisdom especially joins man to God in friendship. Saturday, August 15, 2015. O MOST blessed and sweet Virgin Mary,. Mother of God, filled with all tenderness,. Daughter of the most high King,. Lady of the Angels,. Mother of all the faithful,. On this day and all the days of my life,. I entrust to your merciful heart my body and my soul,. All my acts, thoughts, choices,. Desires, words, deeds,. My entire life and death,. So that, with your assistance,.

Thursday, August 6, 2015. I AM very glad to have an opportunity of explaining the reasons why I objected to the current terminology of Left and Right, most of all so far as Catholics are concerned. It is our duty at the present time to do all in our power to preserve every existing breakwater against this flood of barbarism. If we can maintain islands of civilization, then there is a chance that the tide may turn and that the submerged forces of Christian culture will be able to reassert themselves.

A place to appreciate the works of Hilaire Belloc, the renowned Roman Catholic,. Anglo-French historian, essayist and poet. Monday, August 17, 2015. The reason is, of course, the principle which was a commonplace with antiquity, though it was almost forgotten in the last modern generation, that truth has a power of its own. Mere indignation against organized falsehood, mere revolt against it, is creative. That fruit upon which our modern observatio.

Historian and Philosopher of Science. Tuesday, July 26, 2016. Thomas Aquinas, by Andrea da Firenze. 8221; or the .