I once went through an e-Bay/Chestertonian purchase phase, where I was buying lots of old things, any old things that had the word "Chesterton" on them. I got some fine things, and some not so fine. I found out there was an author, way back, who didn't like Chesterton, and wrote a book about that, which amazed me. I was naively under the impression that Chesterton was universally loved.
Anyway, one such acquisition was Chesterton Day by Day a sort of perpetual calendar, with a new quote from Chesterton for each day. There is something like this on-line, too.
Anyway, today's quote is this:
"Variability is one of the virtues of a woman. It obviates the crude requirements of polygamy. If you have one good wife you are sure to have a spiritual harem." From the Daily News.
Now what, do you imagine, is Chesterton saying?
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
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I don't have to imagine what Chesterton is saying. I am married to one woman; I understand completely.
ReplyDeleteThat book has been reprinted by Inkling Press, based in Seattle, I think. Good outfit, with lots of books on Chesterton and Tolkien. Dale sells the Day by Day book on the ACS website.
ReplyDelete(www.chesterton.org for those of you who don't know it)
Hmmmm...
ReplyDelete1 wife and 7 daughters here...
I have had variegation up the proverbial wazoo.
Too funny, Dad29! I'm in the middle of a line of female harems: my grandmother had all girls, my mother had all girls, and I have all girls. Lots of variability there! Tons!
ReplyDeleteSara B send this quip:
ReplyDeleteScientists at Syracuse U. recently describing for a British journal their study of body measurements of bats, found an inverse size relationship between a male bat’s brain and testicles. They hypothesized that both sperm and brains are metabolically costly to produce, and in species with relatively stable monogamous relationships, brains are allowed to grow; but where females are promiscuous, males that do not overdevelop testicles get left out of the race to procreate.
(Quoted in our local [paper].)
So our individual variability is simply our charitable way of letting men have some brains.
Thanks, Sara!