tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post1728741977264299863..comments2023-07-31T10:39:53.182-05:00Comments on The Blog of the American Chesterton Society: Turning the World UpsidedownNancy C. Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169395014931291729noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-63524338053129333542007-05-19T11:44:00.000-05:002007-05-19T11:44:00.000-05:00The point of paradox is to see whether a truth is ...The point of paradox is to see whether a truth is the same if turned upside down.<BR/><BR/>Gabriel AustinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-90919782903146103592007-05-17T22:59:00.000-05:002007-05-17T22:59:00.000-05:00I'm reading St. Francis and there's a lot about th...I'm reading <I>St. Francis</I> and there's a lot about that standing-on-the-head point of view in that. I'm looking forward to finding it in Gabriel Gale, though; I hadn't noticed it last time I read it.<BR/>LuciaRosaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-44543790774369741462007-05-17T12:35:00.000-05:002007-05-17T12:35:00.000-05:00At a luncheon in Chicago (of all places!) GKC was ...At a luncheon in Chicago (of all places!) GKC was introduced by Bishop Craig Stewart with this poem by Oliver Herford:<BR/><BR/>When plain folks such as you and I <BR/>See the sun sinking in the sky, <BR/>We think it is the setting sun <BR/>But Mr. Gilbert Chesterton <BR/>Is not so easily misled; <BR/>He calmly stands upon his head, <BR/>And upside down obtains a new <BR/>And Chestertonian point of view. <BR/>Observing thus how from his nose<BR/>The sun creeps closer to his toes<BR/>He cries in wonder and delight <BR/>How fine the sunrise is tonight!<BR/><BR/>[See Ward's <I>Gilbert Keith Chesterton</I> 586]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com