he had the capacity to see the practical results that will come out of a thought, like a man who could look at an acorn and see the oak. Chesterton analyzes the nose of the camel before it can come completely under the tent. That is why I think it is worthwhile to recover Chesterton in our own day. He wrote, “If some small mistake were made in doctrine, huge blunders might be made in human happiness.” I have taken these essays out of their chronological order of appearance, and organized them around