“There are two ways of dealing with nonsense in this world. One way is to put nonsense in the right place; as when people put nonsense into nursery rhymes. The other is to put nonsense in the wrong place; as when they put it into educational addresses, psychological criticisms, and complaints against nursery rhymes or other normal amusements of mankind.”

— G. K. Chesterton

Child Psychology and Nonsense (15 October 1921)

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English mystery novelist and Christian apologist 1874–1936

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