![]() His politics fitted with his deep distrust of concentrated wealth and power of any sort. ![]() His "Father Brown" mystery stories, written between 19, are still being read and adapted for television. Francis of Assisi often contain brilliant insights into their subjects. Though not written for a scholarly audience, his biographies of authors and historical figures like Charles Dickens and St. During the dark days of 1940, when Britain stood virtually alone against the armed might of Nazi Germany, these lines from his 1911 Ballad of the White Horse were often quoted: ![]() His poetry runs the gamut from the comic The Logical Vegetarian to dark and serious ballads. In the Nazi experience, history demonstrated the wisdom of his once "reactionary" views. His 1922 Eugenics and Other Evils attacked what was at that time the most progressive of all ideas, the idea that the human race could and should breed a superior version of itself. He was one of the few journalists to oppose the Boer War. Wells-with whom he vehemently disagreed.Ĭhesterton had no difficulty standing up for what he believed. ![]() A man of strong opinions and enormously talented at defending them, his exuberant personality nevertheless allowed him to maintain warm friendships with people-such as George Bernard Shaw and H. ![]() Though he considered himself a mere 'rollicking journalist,' he was actually a prolific and gifted writer in virtually every area of literature. Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London, England on the 29th of May, 1874. ![]()
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