GK Chesterton — Commentary on Scripture

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1 Samuel 1

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Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father.

The one perfectly divine thing, the one glimpse of God's paradise given on earth, is to fight a losing battle - and not lose it.

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An English Christian apologist and literary figure who converted from high church Anglicanism to Catholicism. He defended tradition through a paradoxical style, employing proverbs and allegories. His works include apologetics and fiction featuring a priest-detective. He is considered a successor to the Victorian authors.

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Time's Abstract and Brief Chronicle (1904-1905) 1