Heretics · Character
Mr. G. W. Foote
English secularist and editor, mentioned in freethought contexts.
minor
Also known as Mr. Foote
First appearance: heretics
Mr. G. W. Foote shows up with force in II: On the Negative Spirit. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Chesterton references Foote's pamphlet 'Beer and Bible' and his argument that a picture of a drunkard's liver is more efficacious for temperance than prayer, embodying the…
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In II: On the Negative Spirit: Chesterton references Foote's pamphlet 'Beer and Bible' and his argument that a picture of a drunkard's liver is more efficacious for temperance than prayer, embodying the morbidity of…
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