Napoleon Of Notting Hill

Title: The Napoleon Of Notting Hill
Author: G K Chesterton
Genre: Fantasy
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Binding: Trade paperback
LibraryThing: Title:Napoleon Of Notting Hill WorkId 13081
Type: Owned
Quote:
The human race, to which so many of my readers belong, has been playing at children's games from the beginning, and will probably do it till the end, which is a nuisance for the few people who grow up. And one of the games to which it is most attached is called "Keep to-morrow dark," and which is also named (by the rustics in Shropshire, I have no doubt) "Cheat the Prophet." The players listen very carefully and respectfully to all that the clever men have to say about what is to happen in the next generation. The players then wait until all the clever men are dead, and bury them nicely. Then they go and do something else. That is all. For a race of simple tastes, however, it is great fun. (opening paragraph)

The familiar become strange.