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Chesterton remarked with considerable humor and not a little pointed criticism of a flawed ideology, that certainly toy bows and arrows might at times be considered mildly dangerous. But it was always "dangerous to have little boys." We will not stop the possible dangerous use of any toy by banning the toy. We can only eliminate this dangerous use by abolishing all "little boys."

Another expression that Chesterton had great fun with was "that we should fight the Germans with their own weapons." Immediately, Chesterton quipped that a man "does not bite a shark." Obviously Chesteron is leading to the most important of principles about what we stand for. We do not imitate our enemies, we do not fight with their weapons, "out of respect for ourselves" and for our principles.

When we are really holy we may regard the Universe as a lark; so perhaps it is not essentially wrong to regard the University as a lark. But the plain and present fact is that our upper classes do regard the University as a lark and do not regard it as a University. It also happens [that] they neglect to provide themselves with that extreme degree of holiness which [is] a necessary preliminary to such indulgence....