Hilaire Belloc warned of Man's re-descent into a 'new paganism' nearly a hundred years ago, in 1931, and thought the process already well advanced back then. But, then, like any insidious disease, it takes...
Hilaire Belloc, The Cruise of the 'Nona.’ 1925
On the whole, of the cads and gentlemen I have met, I could give the cads a shade of odds in the matter of salvation; which is not without...
It was one of Dr. Caliban’s chief characteristics—and perhaps the main source of his power over others—that he could crystallise, or—to use the modern term—“wankle,” the thought of his generation into sharp unexpected phrases....
From the preface to The Path to Rome, 1902
I said, “I will start from the place where I served in arms for my sins; I will walk all the way and take advantage of...