Monday, September 08, 2014

Conservative by temparment

Read Chesterton as he talks about why it's a bad idea to destroy things we don't understand.
And when, in the general emancipation of modern society, the Duchess says she does not see why she shouldn’t play leapfrog, or the Dean declares that he sees no valid canonical reason why he should not stand on his head, we may say to these persons with patient benevolence: “Defer, therefore, the operation you contemplate until you have realised by ripe reflection what principle or prejudice you are violating. Then play leapfrog and stand on your head and the Lord be with you.” Read more: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/markshea/2014/08/if-its-bad-for-the-family-its-bad.html#ixzz3CkzvMVNX

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