“ The drift of a club is always in favour of the rich one. ”
G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy (1908). copy citation
Author | G. K. Chesterton |
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Source | Orthodoxy |
Topic | drift |
Date | 1908 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/130/pg130-images.html |
Context
“And if we wish to exalt the outcast and the crucified, we shall rather wish to think that a veritable God was crucified, rather than a mere sage or hero. Above all, if we wish to protect the poor we shall be in favour of fixed rules and clear dogmas. The RULES of a club are occasionally in favour of the poor member. The drift of a club is always in favour of the rich one.
And now we come to the crucial question which truly concludes the whole matter. A reasonable agnostic, if he has happened to agree with me so far, may justly turn round and say, "You have found a practical philosophy in the doctrine of the Fall;”
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