Even Chesterton, a jolly old elf, figured it out...
NOW, I have not lost my ideals in the least my faith in fundamentals is exactly what it always was. What I have lost is my old childlike faith in practical politics. I am still as much concerned as ever about the Battle of Armageddon; but I am not so much concerned about the General Election. As a babe I leapt up on my mother's knee at the mere mention of it.
No; the vision is always solid and reliable. The vision is always a fact. It is the reality that is often a fraud.
As much as I ever did, I believe in Liberalism. But there was a rosy time of
innocence when I believed in Liberals.
And GKC didn't have the Wisconsin "budget repair" bill to bolster that cynicism...
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The man who believes in himself the most is in Hanwell.
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