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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:
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ITWOULDBEIMMEASURABLEBUTTHEMOMENTYOUCANIMAGINEAGUARDSMANYOUCANIMAGINEASMALLGUARDSMANTHEMOMENTYOU
REALLYSEEANELEPHANTYOUCANCALLITTINYIFYOUCANMAKEASTATUEOFATHINGYOUCANMAKEASTATUETTEOFITTHESEPEOPL
EPROFESSEDTHATTHEUNIVERSEWASONECOHERENTTHINGBUTTHEYWERENOTFONDOFTHEUNIVERSEBUTIWASFRIGHTFULLYFON
DOFTHEUNIVERSEANDWANTEDTOADDRESSITBYADIMINUTIVEIOFTENDIDSOANDITNEVERSEEMEDTOMINDACTUALLYANDINTRU
THIDIDFEELTHATTHESEDIMDOGMASOFVITALITYWEREBETTEREXPRESSEDBYCALLINGTHEWORLDSMALLTHANBYCALLINGITLA
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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.