They make rivers run with wine only to make us remember, for one wild moment, that they run with water. Chesterton has the quixotic goal of remaining childlike even after growing up, because children escape the curse of being weary of wonders. For both are splendid and unexplained. The flower with which God crowns the one, and the flame with which Sam the lamplighter crowns the other, are equally of the gold of fairy tales. It is the same with people.
People are just as wonder filled as things.
I do not think there is anyone who takes quite such fierce pleasure in things being themselves as I do. It is just the same with people. . . . When we call a man manly or a woman womanly we touch the deepest philosophy. Chesterton was pleased to make the acquaintance of various people, many people, any people. Mr. Gilbert Chesterton requests the pleasure Of humanity s company to tea on Dec. 25th 1896.