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“The world will never starve for want of wonders” by G.K. Chesterton

July 26, 2024
Advent, Christian Theology, Christology, Creation, G.K. Chesterton, Jesus Christ, Puritanical, Quotable Quotes, The Gospel, Wonder

“I will sit still and let the marvels and the adventures settle on me like flies. There are plenty of them, I assure you. The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for want of wonder.”

–G.K. Chesterton, Tremendous Trifles (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1909), 7.

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