A MISCELLANY
OF MEN
By
G. K. CHESTERTON
A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION
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Contents
THE SUFFRAGIST .......................................................................................................................... 5
THE POET AND THE CHEESE .................................................................................................... 9
THE THING .................................................................................................................................... 12
THE MAN WHO THINKS BACKWARDS ................................................................................. 15
THE NAMELESS MAN ................................................................................................................. 19
THE GARDENER AND THE GUINEA ....................................................................................... 23
THE VOTER AND THE TWO VOICES ..................................................................................... 26
THE MAD