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 \nBut we were not ashamed.Weak if we were and foolish,  \nNot thus we failed,not thus;When that black Baal blocked the heavens  \nHe had no hymns from us.Children we were-our forts of sand  \nWere even as weak as we,High as they went we piled them up  \nTo break that bitter sea.Fools as we were in motley,  \nAll jangling and absurd,  \nDEDICATION  \nWhen all church bells were silentOur cap and bells were heard.  \nNot all unhelped we held the fort,  \nOur tiny flags unfurled;Some giants laboured in that cloud  \nTo lift it from the world.I find again the book we found,  \nI feel the hour that flingsFar out of fish-shaped Paumanok  \nSome cry of cleaner things;And the Green Carnation withered,  \nAs in forest fires that pass,Roared in the wind of all the world  \nTen million leaves of grass;Or sane and sweet and sudden as  \nA bird sings in the rain-Truth out of Tusitala spoke  \nAnd pleasure out of pain.Yes,cool and clear and sudden as  \nA bird sings in the grey,Dunedin to Samoa spoke,  \nAnd darkness unto day.But we were young;we lived to see  \nGod break their bitter charmsGod and the good Republic  \nCome riding back in arms:We have seen the City of Mansoul,  \nEven as it rocked,relieved-  \nBlessed are they who did not see,  \nBut,being blind,believed.  \nThis is a tale of those old fears,  \nEven of those emptied hells,  \nAnd none but you shall understand  \nThe true thing that it tells -  \nOf what colossal gods of shame  \nCould cow men and yet crash  \nDEDICATION  \nOf what huge devils hid the stars,  \nYet fell at a pistol flash.The doubts that were so plain to chase,  \nSo dreadful to withstand-Oh,who shall understand but you;  \nYes,who shall understand?The doubts that drove us through the night  \nAs we two talked amain,And","cbCaijs07eL9ujLE","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijs07eL9ujLE","pdf",8144721,196,"English","# I. The Two Poets of Safron Park\n# 2. The Secret of Gabriel Syme\n# 3. The Man who was Thursday\n# 4. The Tale of a Detective\n# 5. The Feast of Fear\n# 6. The Exposure\n# 7. The Unaccountable Conduct of Professor De Worms\n# 8. The Professor Explains\n# 9. The Man in Spectacles\n# 10. The Duel\n# 11. The Criminals Chase the Police\n# 12. The Earth in Anarchy\n# 13. The Pursuit of the President\n# 14. The Six Philosophers\n# 15. The Accuser\n## Extract from an article by G.K. Chesterton in the Illustrated London News","[{\"question\":\"Who is the author mentioned in this document?\",\"answer\":\"The author is G.K. 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