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Q.
I would really appreciate any information you can offer with regard
to my search for details on the following G.K. Chesterton quote which
begins:
"We all feel the riddle of the earth without anyone to
point it out. The mystery of life is the plainest part of it."
The above was quoted in a book called The Riddle of Joy
(G.K. Chesterton and C.S. Lewis). Unfortunately, there is no hint
given as to the poem's origin or what it is called. I would truly
be indebted to you for whatever information you could provide.
- Mary Anne
A.
The quotation you seek is a prose passage from Chesterton's little
book, William Blake, for the "Popular Library of Art" (1910):
The mystic does not bring doubts or riddles: the
doubts and riddles exist already. We all feel the riddle of the
earth without anyone to point it out. The mystery of life is the
plainest part of it. The clouds and curtains of darkness, the confounding
vapours, these are the daily weather of this world.
See page 131 of the first edition.
- The "Quotemeister"
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