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What's Wrong with the World

A work by G. K. Chesterton, first published in 1910

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  • What korrents draws from it

    Social reform should start from a picture of the good society, not a catalogue of ills, The Christian ideal was not tried and found wanting; it was found difficult and left untried, Property is the ordinary person’s art: everyone should have something to shape as their own …

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    G. K. Chesterton

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Key facts

First published
19102
Claims on korrents
191

What korrents draws from it

korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.

  1. Social reform should start from a picture of the good society, not a catalogue of ills (opens korrents.com)1

  2. The Christian ideal was not tried and found wanting; it was found difficult and left untried (opens korrents.com)1

  3. Property is the ordinary person’s art: everyone should have something to shape as their own (opens korrents.com)1

  4. Great capitalists are enemies of property, not its defenders (opens korrents.com)1

  5. The home is older than law and stands outside the State (opens korrents.com)1

  6. The point of marriage is to survive the moment incompatibility becomes undeniable (opens korrents.com)1

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  1. What's Wrong with the World (1910) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
  2. What's Wrong with the World, Q19067796 (Wikidata) (opens wikidata.org)

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