Alarms And Discursions
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I know nothing so vulgar as that contemptfor vulgarity which sneers at the clerks on a Bank Holiday or theCockneys on Margate sands. The man who notices nothing about the clerkexcept his Cockney accent would have noticed nothing about Simon deMontfort except his French accent. The man who jeers at Jones for havingdropped an "h" might have jeered at Nelson for having dropped an arm. Scorn springs easily to the essentially vulgar-minded, and it is as easyto gibe at Montfort as a foreigner or at N...elson as a cripple, as to gibeat the struggling speech and the maimed bodies of the mass of our comicand tragic race. If I shrink faintly from this affair of tourists andtombs, it is certainly not because I am so profane as to think lightlyeither of the tombs or the tourists. I reverence those great men whohad the courage to die; I reverence also these little men who have thecourage to live.
Even if this be conceded, another suggestion may be made. It may be saidthat antiquities and commonplace crowds are indeed good things, likeviolets and geraniums; but they do not go together.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
I know nothing so vulgar as that contemptfor vulgarity which sneers at the clerks on a Bank Holiday or theCockneys on Margate sands. The man who notices nothing about the clerkexcept his Cockney accent would have noticed nothing about Simon deMontfort except his French accent. The man who jeers at Jones for havingdropped an "h" might have jeered at Nelson for having dropped an arm. Scorn springs easily to the essentially vulgar-minded, and it is as easyto gibe at Montfort as a foreigner or at N...elson as a cripple, as to gibeat the struggling speech and the maimed bodies of the mass of our comicand tragic race. If I shrink faintly from this affair of tourists andtombs, it is certainly not because I am so profane as to think lightlyeither of the tombs or the tourists. I reverence those great men whohad the courage to die; I reverence also these little men who have thecourage to live.
Even if this be conceded, another suggestion may be made. It may be saidthat antiquities and commonplace crowds are indeed good things, likeviolets and geraniums; but they do not go together.
What to read after Alarms And Discursions?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936 to read onlineMoreLess
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