Tuesday, October 25, 2022

day no. 16,073: you cannot make statues without rejecting stone

"For that there must be a final choice, for a man cannot make statues without rejecting stone." -- G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man

A statue is what's left of a stone once everything that isn't statue has been removed. If we are to be made saints, everything unsaintly will have to be chipped away. You cannot choose stature without rejecting stone and you cannot reject stone without a standard if you intend to end up with a statue. You need a rule by which to discern which is stone and which is statue so that you do not either lop off a limb or leave a rough spot.

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