About the Author The journalist and novelist Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 – 1936) was one of England’s best known and most well-spoken Catholics in his time. Catholics and many others find much of value in his book Orthodoxy, but Chesterton also had a vast output of articles and essays in which he discusses topics important and trivial, funny and sad. This passage is drawn from such an essay, “A Defence of Rash Vows”.
G. K. Chesterton on the Heroism of Vows
G. K. Chesterton on the Heroism of Vows
G. K. Chesterton on the Heroism of Vows
About the Author The journalist and novelist Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 – 1936) was one of England’s best known and most well-spoken Catholics in his time. Catholics and many others find much of value in his book Orthodoxy, but Chesterton also had a vast output of articles and essays in which he discusses topics important and trivial, funny and sad. This passage is drawn from such an essay, “A Defence of Rash Vows”.