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G.K. Chesterton

Chesterton’s Fence: A Lesson in Thinking

Chesterton’s Fence is a principle that reminds us to look before we leap. To understand before we act. It’s a cautionary reminder to understand why something is the way it is before …

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Charles Frankel: What We Suffer from Today

“What we suffer from today,” GK Chesterton once wrote, “is humility in the wrong place. … A man was meant to be doubtful about himself, but undoubting about the truth; this has …

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