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The Superstition of Divorce

(1920)

by G.K. Chesterton

Introductory Note
I- The Superstition of Divorce (1)
II- The Superstition of Divorce (2)
III- The Superstition of Divorce (3)
IV- The Superstition of Divorce (4)
V- The Story of the Family
VI- The Story of the Vow
VII- The Tragedies of Marriage
VIII- The Vista of Divorce
IX- Conclusion

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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.

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I

THE SUPERSTITION OF DIVORCE (1)

It is futile to talk of reform without reference to form. To take a case
from my own taste and fancy, there is nothing I feel to be so beautiful
and wonderful as a window. All casements are magic casements, whether
they open on the foam or the front-garden; they lie close to the
ultimate mystery and paradox of limitation and liberty. But if I
followed my instinct towards an infinite number of windows, it would end
in having no walls. It would also (it may be added incidentally) end in
having no windows either; for a window makes a picture by making a
picture-frame. But there is a simpler way of stating my more simple and