Words Worth Noting - December 1, 2024

“‘There is no nation so atheistic that it does not attribute a sanctity to two gods, the dead man and the woman in travail.’”

G.K. Chesterton, quoted by Fr. James V. Schall. S.J. in Gilbert Magazine Vol. 8 #1 (Sept. 04) [apparently originally in “The Mystery of Patriotism” in The Commonwealth Jan. 19, 1902]