ORTHODOXY
BY
GILBERT K.
CHESTERTON
A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION
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Contents
PREFACE........................................................................................................................................... 4
I: INTRODUCTION IN DEFENCE OF EVERYTHING ELSE.................................................. 5
II: THE MANIAC ............................................................................................................................. 9
III: THE SUICIDE OF THOUGHT .............................................................................................. 24
IV: THE ETHICS OF ELFLAND ................................................................................................. 39
V: THE FLAG OF THE WORLD ................................................................................................. 58
VI: THE PARADOXES OF CHRISTIANITY ............................................................................. 72
VII: THE ETERNAL REVOLUTION .......