I Hope Not

As long as matters are really hopeful, hope is a mere flattery or platitude.  It is only when everything is hopeless that hope begins to be a strength at all.  Like all the Christian virtues, it is as unreasonable as it is indispensable.
—    Gilbert K. Chesterton
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On This Day In:
2020	Organized Skepticism
2019	An Interest In Life
2018	Two: A Current President With Both
2017	Watch This Space
2016	Beyond The Foundation
2015	Become An Affliction
2014	Just Setting Out
2013	Scott’s Inscription
2012	Good Knowledge
2011	Social Safety Nets

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Woe Is Me…

Woe unto them that keep a God like a silk hat, that believe not in God, but in a God.  Woe unto them that are pompous for they will sooner or later be ridiculous.  Woe unto them that are tired of everything, for everything will certainly be tired of them.  Woe unto them that cast out everything, for out of everything they will be cast out.  Woe unto the flippant, for they shall receive flippancy.  Woe unto them that are scornful for they shall receive scorn.  Woe unto him that considers his hair foolishly, for his hair will be made the type of him.  Woe unto him that is smart, for men will hold him smart always, even when he is serious.
—    G. K. Chesterton
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On This Day In:
2017	Sincerely Yours
2016	Only Good To Say
2015	A Series Of Temporary Conditions
2014	Gaps
2013	Duty
2012	Cost Not Price
	Superheroes
2011	The Simple Normalcy Of Everyday Life – “Squirrel!”

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Alas, Too Often The Latter

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.
––    Gilbert K. Chesterton
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On This Day In:
2015	Either / Or
2014	Memorial Day – 2014
	Perfection
2013	Memorial Day Video
	Equal = Equal
2012	Congrats, Nephew!!
	Doggie Vision Networks
	The Flash: Omnibus
	JLI: vol 1
	Flash: Rebirth
	Burning Images
	What Do You Believe?
2011	Are We Still At War With The Poor?

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Truth Telling

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
––    Gilbert K. Chesterton
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On This Day In:
2015	To Be Effective In The Modern World
2014	A Little Cover
2013	Binding
2012	Lift
2011	Another Good Movie, Another Excellent Book
	miSFits
	I’m Just Not Sure

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What Have You Learned (Gently) Lately?

No man who worships education has got the best out of education…  Without a gentle contempt for education no man’s education is complete.
—    Gilbert K. Chesterton
[Of course, I would emphasize the word “gentle“.   —   KMAB]
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On This Day In:
2013	Ignore The Man Behind The Curtain
	For A Time
2012	What Are Your True Measurements
2011	What It Is All About
2010	The Magnificent Seven
	Giants Fever!!

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Rights

To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.
––     G. K. Chesterton
From his book:  “A Short History of England“
[Found at: http://interestingliterature.com/2014/05/29/10-great-quotations-from-g-k-chesterton/    —    KMAB]
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On This Day In:
2013	Do Bold Things
2012	Seven Causes
2011	I Feel A Tingle Coming On

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Happy 5th Anniversary

Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.
—   Gilbert K. Chesterton
[For those of you who are unaware – and I suspect most of you still are – today marks the 5th anniversary of my blog!  Thanks for stopping by.  Come again soon, our best days are still ahead…    —    KMAB]
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On This Day In:
2013	I Resemble That Remark!
2012	Happy 3rd Anniversary
2011	Is America Safe Tonight?
2009	Hello world! (See how it all began…)

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All Of My Best Ideas Come While Walking…

Let a man walk ten miles steadily on a hot summer’s day along a dusty English road, and he will soon discover why beer was invented.
—     Gilbert K. Chesterton
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On This Day In:
2013	Learn To Learn
2012	I Remind You
2011	Respect And Prestige
2010	Living Legends (Willie Nelson) and the Gettysburg Address

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Pass The Soul

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.
—     Gilbert K. Chesterton
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On This Day In:
2013	Zapping Music And Art
2012	Not Quite Fantastic
	That Kid Is Back
2011	Wolves At The Door
2010	I’m Feeling Patriotic… (Well, more than usual, anyway.)
	Beating the Heat…

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