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AndBible reports the following information:
Heretics by Gilbert K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
Published by Christian Classic Ethereal Library
Original source by
Converted to Sword module format by Christian Renz (email address available on request)
Copyright:
Public Domain
Latest version: 1.1 (2008-06-07)
Installed version: 1.1 (2008-06-07)
Version history:
0.3 Config changes, removed DisplayLevel 2 and non-standard entries.
1.1 re-imported to correct behavior in some frontends
1.0 Version bump
0.1 Initial version
0.2 Config file changes
Versification: KJV
OSIS ID: Heretics
Distribution repository: Crosswire
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The AndBible folks provided this text to confirm the problem in the module, rather than in their app:
"<div><title level="2" />Source<p>Heretics was copyrighted in 1905 by the John Lane Company.This electronic text is derived from the twelth (1919) editionpublished by the John Lane Company of New York City and printedby the Plimpton Press of Norwood, Massachusetts. The text carefullyfollows that of the published edition (including British spelling).</p><title level="2" />The Author<p>Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London, England on the 29thof May, 1874. Though he considered himself a mere "rollicking journalist,"he was actually a prolific and gifted writer in virtually every areaof literature. A man of strong opinions and enormously talentedat defending them, his exuberant personality nevertheless allowedhim to maintain warm friendships with people-
such as George BernardShaw and H. G. Wells-with whom he vehemently disagreed.</p><p>Chesterton had no difficulty standing up for what he believed.He was one of the few journalists to oppose the Boer War.His 1922 "Eugenics and Other Evils" attacked what was at that timethe most progressive of all ideas, the idea that the humanrace could and should breed a superior version of itself.In the Nazi experience, history demonstrated the wisdom of hisonce "reactionary" views.</p><p>His poetry runs the gamut from the comic 1908 "On Running AfterOne's Hat" to dark and serious ballads. During the dark days of 1940,when Britain stood virtually alone against the armed might ofNazi Germany, these lines from his 1911 Ballad of the White Horsewere often quoted:</p>I tell you naught for your comfort, Yea, naught for your desire, Save that the sky grows darker yet And the sea rises higher.<p>Though not written for a scholarly audience, his biographies ofauthors and historical figures like Charles Dickens and St. Francisof Assisi often contain brilliant insights into their subjects.His Father Brown mystery stories, written between 1911 and 1936,are still being read and adapted for television.</p><p>His politics fitted with his deep distrust of concentrated wealthand power of any sort. Along with his friend Hilaire Belloc and inbooks like the 1910 "What's Wrong with the World" he advocated a viewcalled "Distributionism" that was best summed up by his expressionthat every man ought to be allowed to own "three acres and a cow."Though not know as a political thinker, his political influencehas circled the world. Some see in him the father of the "smallis beautiful" movement and a newspaper article by him is creditedwith provoking Gandhi to seek a "genuine" nationalism for Indiarather than one that imitated the British.</p><p>Heretics belongs to yet another area of literature at whichChesterton excelled. A fun-loving and gregarious man, he was neverthelesstroubled in his adolescence by thoughts of suicide. In Christianityhe found the answers to the dilemmas and paradoxes he saw in life.Other books in that same series include his 1908 Orthodoxy (written inresponse to attacks on this book) and his 1925 The Everlasting Man.Orthodoxy is also available as electronic text.</p><p>Chesterton died on the 14th of June, 1936 in Beaconsfield,Buckinghamshire, England. During his life he published 69 booksand at least another ten based on his writings have been publishedafter his death. Many of those books are still in print.Ignatius Press is systematically publishing his collected writings.</p>
</div>"Please let me know if you need further information. Thank you!
AndBible reports the following information: Heretics by Gilbert K. Chesterton (1874-1936) Published by Christian Classic Ethereal Library Original source by Converted to Sword module format by Christian Renz (email address available on request) Copyright: Public Domain Latest version: 1.1 (2008-06-07) Installed version: 1.1 (2008-06-07) Version history: 0.3 Config changes, removed DisplayLevel 2 and non-standard entries. 1.1 re-imported to correct behavior in some frontends 1.0 Version bump 0.1 Initial version 0.2 Config file changes Versification: KJV OSIS ID: Heretics Distribution repository: Crosswire — The AndBible folks provided this text to confirm the problem in the module, rather than in their app: "<div><title level="2" />Source<p>Heretics was copyrighted in 1905 by the John Lane Company.This electronic text is derived from the twelth (1919) editionpublished by the John Lane Company of New York City and printedby the Plimpton Press of Norwood, Massachusetts. The text carefullyfollows that of the published edition (including British spelling).</p><title level="2" />The Author<p>Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London, England on the 29thof May, 1874. Though he considered himself a mere "rollicking journalist,"he was actually a prolific and gifted writer in virtually every areaof literature. A man of strong opinions and enormously talentedat defending them, his exuberant personality nevertheless allowedhim to maintain warm friendships with people- such as George BernardShaw and H. G. Wells -with whom he vehemently disagreed.</p><p>Chesterton had no difficulty standing up for what he believed.He was one of the few journalists to oppose the Boer War.His 1922 "Eugenics and Other Evils" attacked what was at that timethe most progressive of all ideas, the idea that the humanrace could and should breed a superior version of itself.In the Nazi experience, history demonstrated the wisdom of hisonce "reactionary" views.</p><p>His poetry runs the gamut from the comic 1908 "On Running AfterOne's Hat" to dark and serious ballads. During the dark days of 1940,when Britain stood virtually alone against the armed might ofNazi Germany, these lines from his 1911 Ballad of the White Horsewere often quoted:</p>I tell you naught for your comfort, Yea, naught for your desire, Save that the sky grows darker yet And the sea rises higher.<p>Though not written for a scholarly audience, his biographies ofauthors and historical figures like Charles Dickens and St. Francisof Assisi often contain brilliant insights into their subjects.His Father Brown mystery stories, written between 1911 and 1936,are still being read and adapted for television.</p><p>His politics fitted with his deep distrust of concentrated wealthand power of any sort. Along with his friend Hilaire Belloc and inbooks like the 1910 "What's Wrong with the World" he advocated a viewcalled "Distributionism" that was best summed up by his expressionthat every man ought to be allowed to own "three acres and a cow."Though not know as a political thinker, his political influencehas circled the world. Some see in him the father of the "smallis beautiful" movement and a newspaper article by him is creditedwith provoking Gandhi to seek a "genuine" nationalism for Indiarather than one that imitated the British.</p><p>Heretics belongs to yet another area of literature at whichChesterton excelled. A fun-loving and gregarious man, he was neverthelesstroubled in his adolescence by thoughts of suicide. In Christianityhe found the answers to the dilemmas and paradoxes he saw in life.Other books in that same series include his 1908 Orthodoxy (written inresponse to attacks on this book) and his 1925 The Everlasting Man.Orthodoxy is also available as electronic text.</p><p>Chesterton died on the 14th of June, 1936 in Beaconsfield,Buckinghamshire, England. During his life he published 69 booksand at least another ten based on his writings have been publishedafter his death. Many of those books are still in print.Ignatius Press is systematically publishing his collected writings.</p> </div>" Please let me know if you need further information. Thank you!
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My first visit to Crosswire and my first issue. My copy of Chesterton's Heretics is missing some whitespace characters, which makes it prohibitively hard to read. I checked with the app developers at AndBible who directed me to you all.