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The Superstition of Divorce
G.K. Chesterton
1920
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
I. THE SUPERSTITION OF DIVORCE
II. THE SUPERSTITION OF DIVORCE
III. THE SUPERSTITION OF DIVORCE
IV. THE SUPERSTITION OF DIVORCE
V. THE STORY OF THE FAMlLY
VI. THE STORY OF THE VOW
VII. THE TRAGEDIES OF MARRlAGE
III. THE VISTA OF DIVORCE
IX. CONCLUSION
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
The earlier part of this book appeared in the form of five articles which came out in the "New Witness" at the crisis of the recent controversy in the Press on the subject of divorce. Crude and sketchy as they confessedly were, they had a certain rude plan of their own, which I find it very difficult to recast even in order to expand. I have therefore decided to reprint the original articles as they stood, save for a few introductory words; and then, at the risk of repetition, to add a few further chapters, explaining more fully any conceptions that may seem to have been too crudely assumed or dismissed. I have set forth the original matter as it appeared, under a general heading, without dividing it into chapters.
G.K.C.
I. THE SUPERSTITION OF DIVORCE
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