tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post7546681087360537703..comments2024-03-15T15:12:22.590-05:00Comments on The Blog of the American Chesterton Society: WWWTW: the Dedication to MastermanNancy C. Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169395014931291729noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-49012516597021740222013-01-21T14:34:40.305-06:002013-01-21T14:34:40.305-06:00Colin! So cool to see a relative of Masterman'...Colin! So cool to see a relative of Masterman's! Welcome.Nancy C. Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169395014931291729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-18304761623473323212013-01-21T14:29:33.511-06:002013-01-21T14:29:33.511-06:00third cousin of masterman here ,fantastic reading ...third cousin of masterman here ,fantastic reading <br />im just learning about my familyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11860323264888433264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-75136402865723742192011-10-26T04:34:33.759-05:002011-10-26T04:34:33.759-05:00Hello, grandson of Chesterton's lawyer Fred Sa...Hello, grandson of Chesterton's lawyer Fred Salter here! As an aside in the Masterman discussion, Chesterton wrote the forward to CFGM's brother Walter's first novel in 1926. Walter, youngest brother, was always being bailed out by his brothers and had just got out of prison when he wrote his book - I presume CFGM prevailed on GKC to endorse it.Heart of the Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11228338686534366041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-1310430806302638162009-09-03T12:43:49.194-05:002009-09-03T12:43:49.194-05:00The irony is that so many standard histories of Eu...The irony is that so many standard histories of Europe suggest that attributing "war guilt" to Germany was actually one of the causes of WWII. I don't know whether that's true or not. Personally speaking, Chesterton's support of WWI is pretty much the only one of his opinions I have difficulty with. It's hard to see how England was threatened, though I'm no history expert and perhaps unchecked German power would have led to a confrontation eventually. I appreciate his point about the pillar boxes and the thistledown, though. I have my own mental exercise, similar to Chesterton's exercise of looking at everyday objects and imagining how happy you would be to have them on a desert island. When walking down a street you walk down every day, imagine you've been whisked a hundred years into the future, or a hundred years into the past, that you're a timetraveller from another era. Sometimes it's good to remind yourself that your time is a moment in history like any other; it arouses one's sense of wonder.Maolsheachlann O Ceallaigh, Irelandnoreply@blogger.com