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Chesterton

[ches-ter-tuhn]

noun

  1. G(ilbert) K(eith), 1874–1936, English essayist, critic, and novelist.



Chesterton

/ ˈtʃɛstətən /

noun

  1. G ( ilbert ) K ( eith ). 1874–1936, English essayist, novelist, poet, and critic

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Chesterton famously warned, it is folly to tear down a fence before discovering why it was built.

Chesterton took a different tack—gratitude is “the highest form of thought.”

Emily Chesterton was told the calf pain she was experiencing in October 2022 was a sprain but it was in fact a blood clot.

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Ms Chesterton, from Salford, died after a blood clot was missed in two appointments with a PA whom she had believed was a GP.

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He will also quote British writer GK Chesterton, who the pontiff says invites us to "take the elements of life with gratitude and not for granted".

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