The Trees of Pride
by
Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Contents
THE TREES OF PRIDE................................................... 4
I. THE TALE OF THE PEACOCK TREES .................................................................................. 4
II. THE WAGER OF SQUIRE VANE ........................................................................................... 18
III. THE MYSTERY OF THE WELL .......................................................................................... 33
IV. THE CHASE AFTER THE TRUTH ....................................................................................... 48
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The Trees of Pride
The Trees of Pride
by
Gilbert K. Chesterton
THE TREES OF PRIDE
I. THE TALE OF THE PEACOCK TREES
SQUIRE VANE was an elderly schoolboy of English education
and Irish extraction. His English education, at one of the
great public schools, had preserved his intellect perfectly and
permanently at the stage of boyhood.