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Here is an excerpt from the chapter entitled "The Ethics of Elfland" in G. K. Chesterton's book Orthodoxy:

It happened that I had that emotion. When one is fond of anything one addresses it by diminutives, even if it is an elephant or a life-guardsman. The reason is, that anything, however huge, that can be conceived of as complete, can be conceived of as small. If military moustaches did not suggest a sword or tusks a tail, then the object would be vast because it would be immeasurable. But the moment you can imagine a guardsman you can imagine a small guardsman. The moment you really see an elephant you can call it "Tiny." If you can make a statue of a thing you can make a statuette of it. These people professed that the universe was one coherent thing; but they were not fond of the universe. But I was frightfully fond of the universe and wanted to address it by a diminutive. I often did so; and it never seemed to mind. Actually and in truth I did feel that these dim dogmas of vitality were better expressed by calling the world small than by calling it large. For about infinity there was a sort of carelessness which was the reverse of the fierce and pious care which I felt touching the pricelessness and the peril of life. They showed only a dreary waste; but I felt a sort of sacred thrift. For economy is far more romantic than extravagance. To them stars were an unending income of halfpence; but I felt about the golden sun and the silver moon as a schoolboy feels if he has one sovereign and one shilling.

These subconscious convictions are best hit off by the colour and tone of certain tales. Thus I have said that stories of magic alone can express my sense that life is not only a pleasure but a kind of eccentric privilege....

The gray text above has been stripped of punctuation and converted to uppercase, and the word coffee has been highlighted in the selection:

EIVEDOFASSMALLIFMILITARYMOUSTACHESDIDNOTSUGGESTASWORDORTUSKSATAILTHENTHEOBJECTWOULDBEVASTBECAUSE
ITWOULDBEIMMEASURABLEBUTTHEMOMENTYOUCANIMAGINEAGUARDSMANYOUCANIMAGINEASMALLGUARDSMANTHEMOMENTYOU
REALLYSEEANELEPHANTYOUCANCALLITTINYIFYOUCANMAKEASTATUEOFATHINGYOUCANMAKEASTATUETTEOFITTHESEPEOPL
EPROFESSEDTHATTHEUNIVERSEWASONECOHERENTTHINGBUTTHEYWERENOTFONDOFTHEUNIVERSEBUTIWASFRIGHTFULLYFON
DOFTHEUNIVERSEANDWANTEDTOADDRESSITBYADIMINUTIVEIOFTENDIDSOANDITNEVERSEEMEDTOMINDACTUALLYANDINTRU
THIDIDFEELTHATTHESEDIMDOGMASOFVITALITYWEREBETTEREXPRESSEDBYCALLINGTHEWORLDSMALLTHANBYCALLINGITLA
RGEFORABOUTINFINITYTHEREWASASORTOFCARELESSNESSWHICHWASTHEREVERSEOFTHEFIERCEANDPIOUSCAREWHICHIFEL
TTOUCHINGTHEPRICELESSNESSANDTHEPERILOFLIFETHEYSHOWEDONLYADREARYWASTEBUTIFELTASORTOFSACREDTHRIFTF
ORECONOMYISFARMOREROMANTICTHANEXTRAVAGANCETOTHEMSTARSWEREANUNENDINGINCOMEOFHALFPENCEBUTIFELTABOU
TTHEGOLDENSUNANDTHESILVERMOONASASCHOOLBOYFEELSIFHEHASONESOVEREIGNANDONESHILLINGTHESESUBCONSCIOUS
CONVICTIONSAREBESTHITOFFBYTHECOLOURANDTONEOFCERTAINTALESTHUSIHAVESAIDTHATSTORIESOFMAGICALONECANE

Clearly, given a very large text document, a computer could find almost any combination of words--something which would certainly be impossible for any human.  Because of this, countless people have used "equidistant letter sequences," also known as Bible codes or prophecy codes, in the Bible and other religious texts to selfishly "prove" their own beliefs.  SteamingCoffee.com has chosen not to elevate these calculations to such heights and will not endorse any individuals who may do so.

 
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