Eugine_Nier comments on Rationality Quotes September 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 06 September 2012 04:53:20AM 9 points [-]

"Even in a minute instance, it is best to look first to the main tendencies of Nature. A particular flower may not be dead in early winter, but the flowers are dying; a particular pebble may never be wetted with the tide, but the tide is coming in."

G. K. Chesterton, "The Absence of Mr Glass"

Note: this was put in the mouth of the straw? atheist. It's still correct.

Comment author: Document 09 September 2012 07:39:50PM *  0 points [-]

Note: this was put in the mouth of the straw? atheist.

Then Chesterton didn't say it.

Comment author: Vaniver 09 September 2012 08:09:09PM 0 points [-]

It is typical to quote the author of fictional works for quotes from that fictional work, though I think it's somewhat more conventional here on LW to quote the character.