“Even in a minute instance, it is best to look first to the main tendencies of Nature. A particular flower may not be dead in early winter, but the flowers are dying; a particular pebble may never be wetted with the tide, but the tide is coming in.”
G. K. Chesterton, “The Absence of Mr Glass”
Note: this was put in the mouth of the straw? atheist. It’s still correct.
It is typical to quote the author of fictional works for quotes from that fictional work, though I think it’s somewhat more conventional here on LW to quote the character.
G. K. Chesterton, “The Absence of Mr Glass”
Note: this was put in the mouth of the straw? atheist. It’s still correct.
Then Chesterton didn’t say it.
It is typical to quote the author of fictional works for quotes from that fictional work, though I think it’s somewhat more conventional here on LW to quote the character.