Hannah Eagleson concludes her Summer Quotation Series. In this last post of the series, we return to the twentieth century with a quotation from C. S. Lewis that brings together many of the themes touched on by the other quotations. . . . it is not so much of our time and so much of […]
Summer Quotations Series
Quote: George Herbert’s Elixir
The third quotation comes from a book much older than Orthodoxy, but ties in nicely with last week’s quote from Chesterton: The Elixir by George Herbert Teach me, my God and King, In all things thee to see, And what I do in any thing, To do it as for thee: Not rudely, as a […]
Quote: Chesterton on Childlike Delight
Continuing our Summer Quotation Series from Hannah Eagleson. The second quotation in this series comes from G. K. Chesterton, good-humored apologist and writer: A child kicks his legs rhythmically through excess, not absence, of life. Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. […]
Quote: Simone Weil on Effort, Attention, and Unexpected Results
Hannah Eagleson’s first guest blog series, which she wrote before joining ESN as a writer/editor in 2014. At the time Hannah was a musician, writer, and recent PhD recipient living in central Pennsylvania. The Summer Quote Series offers brief reflections on quotes that she found helpful when thinking about her academic work. Thank you, Hannah! I’ve always loved Dorothy L. […]