Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936 / 2008-06-12 00:00:00
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THE APPETITE OF TYRANNY
_Including Letters to an Old Garibaldian_
_By_ G.K. CHESTERTON
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
THE FACTS OF THE CASE
I THE WAR ON THE WORD
II THE REFUSAL OF RECIPROCITY
III THE APPETITE OF TYRANNY
IV THE ESCAPE OF FOLLY
LETTERS TO AN OLD GARIBALDIAN
THE FACTS OF THE CASE
Unless we are all mad, there is at the back of the most bewildering
business a story: and if we are all mad, there is no such thing as madness.
If I set a house on fire, it is quite true that I may illuminate many other
people's weaknesses as well as my own. It may be that the master of the
house was burned because he was drunk; it may be that the mistress of the
house was burned because she was stingy, and perished arguing about the
expense of the fire-escape. It is, nevertheless, broadly true that they
both were burned because I set fire to their house. That is the story of
the thing. The mere facts of the story about the present European
conflagration are quite as easy to tell.
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