G.K. Chesterton, "The Ethics of Elfland," Orthodoxy's Quote - In fairyland we avoid the word “law”; but in the land of science t

In fairyland we avoid the word “law”; but in the land of science they are singularly fond of it…. The only words that ever satisfied me as describing Nature are the terms used in fairy books, “charm,” “spell,” “enchantment.” They express the arbitrariness of the fact and its mystery. – G.K. Chesterton, “The Ethics of Elfland,” Orthodoxy

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