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"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922. Chapter 6 -- The Unanswered Challenge: "Dr. Saleeby did me the honour of referring to me in one of his addresses on this subject, and said that even I cannot produce any but a feeble-minded child from a feeble-minded ancestry. To which I reply, first of all, that he cannot produce a feeble-minded child. The whole point of our contention is that this phrase conveys nothing fixed and outside opinion." Comments to 218-214-CALL  (218-234-2255) Contributions: https://www.paypal.me/grizzlysgrowls  

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922. Chapter 5 - The Flying Authority: "It happened one day that an atheist and a man were standing together on a doorstep; and the atheist said, "It is raining." To which the man replied, "What is raining?": which question was the beginning of a violent quarrel and a lasting friendship." Comments to 218-214-CALL  (218-234-2255) Contributions: https://www.paypal.me/grizzlysgrowls  

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922. Chapter 4 -- The Lunatic and the Law: "The modern evil, we have said, greatly turns on this: that people do not see that the exception proves the rule. Thus it may or may not be right to kill a murderer; but it can only conceivably be right to kill a murderer because it is wrong to kill a man." Comments to 218-214-CALL  (218-234-2255) Contributions: https://www.paypal.me/grizzlysgrowls  

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922. Chapter 3 -- The Anarchy from Above: "A silent anarchy is eating out our society. I must pause upon the expression; because the true nature of anarchy is mostly misapprehended." Comments to 218-214-CALL  (218-234-2255) Contributions: https://www.paypal.me/grizzlysgrowls  

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922. Chapter 2 -- The First Obstacles: "Now before I set about arguing these things, there is a cloud of skirmishers, of harmless and confused modern sceptics, who ought to be cleared off or calmed down before we come to debate with the real doctors of the heresy." Comments to 218-214-CALL  (218-234-2255) Contributions: https://www.paypal.me/grizzlysgrowls  

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922. Narrator's Introduction: For the next few paragraphs I will speak for myself, to set the stage for G.K. Chesterton's book, and to suggest why I believe it is still an important book. I think G.K. Chesterton explains his book rather well in his introduction, but it might help to start with a sense of the time in question. Chesterton started work on Eugenics and Other Evils in about 1910, but it was not completed and published until 1922. In his own introduction he talks about the period before and after "The War." The war he refers to is now called World War One. We now have a distaste for the word Eugenics, largely driven by events in World War Two. But at the time this book was published, Eugenics was lauded to the skies as a wonderful idea, and Chesterton was nearly the only person saying in writing that Eugenics was in fact evil. A case could be made, and has been made, that today, though the word Eugenics is avoided, some practices that ar

After a certain amount of begging and whining, Terry Fallis, author of the political satire "The Best Laid Plans" (winner of the Stephen Leacock Award for Humor) that I reviewed a long while back, gave me permission to share the first chapter of his new sequel, "The High Road," here in the Hiber-Nation.  If you've missed it, now you don't have an excuse.  :) The remainder of the book is being made available over at Terry's website.  Enjoy!   Griz    

Chapter 9, "Authority and the Adventurer" (the last chapter)   "Orthodoxy," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton, and a Sequel to "Heretics."   Book Theme: "The Rule," by Kevin MacLeod   Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

Chapter 8, "The Romance of Orthodoxy"   "Orthodoxy," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton, and a Sequel to "Heretics."   Book Theme: "The Rule," by Kevin MacLeod   Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

Chapter 7, "The Eternal Revolution"   "Orthodoxy," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton, and a Sequel to "Heretics."   Book Theme: "The Rule," by Kevin MacLeod   Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

Chapter 6, "The Paradoxes of Christianity"   "Orthodoxy," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton, and a Sequel to "Heretics."   Book Theme: "The Rule," by Kevin MacLeod   Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

Chapter 5, "The Flag of the World"   "Orthodoxy," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton, and a Sequel to "Heretics."   Book Theme: "The Rule," by Kevin MacLeod   Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

Chapter 4, "The Ethics of Elfland"   "Orthodoxy," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton, and a Sequel to "Heretics."   Book Theme: "The Rule," by Kevin MacLeod   Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

Chapter 3, "The Suicide of Thought"   "Orthodoxy," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton, and a Sequel to "Heretics."   Book Theme: "The Rule," by Kevin MacLeod   Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

Chapter 2, "The Maniac"   "Orthodoxy," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton, and a Sequel to "Heretics."   Book Theme: "The Rule," by Kevin MacLeod   Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

Chapter 1, "Introduction in Defence of Everything Else"   "Orthodoxy," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton, and a Sequel to "Heretics."   Book Theme: "The Rule," by Kevin MacLeod   Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

Part 19, "Concluding Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy"   "Heretics," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton.   Book Theme: "Thaxted," written by Gustav Holst, arranged by Kevin MacLeod   Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

Part 19, "Slum Novelists and the Slums"   "Heretics," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton.   Book Theme: "Thaxted," written by Gustav Holst, arranged by Kevin MacLeod   Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

Part 18, "The Fallacy of the Young Nation"   "Heretics," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton.   Book Theme: "Thaxted," written by Gustav Holst, arranged by Kevin MacLeod   Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat

Part 17, "On the Wit of Whistler""Heretics," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton.Book Theme: "Thaxted," written by Gustav Holst, arranged by Kevin MacLeod Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen Poteat