# Mr. G. W. Foote — Heretics character guide

> Mr. G. W. Foote in Heretics by G. K. Chesterton.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Foote

**First appearance:** 0001-heretics

## Who they are

English secularist and editor, mentioned in freethought contexts.

## In the story

### [II: On the Negative Spirit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/heretics_se/chapters/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 modern ethics.

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