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Gilbert K. Chesterton

Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head.

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Chesterton is saying that humans are unique and cannot be ordinary creatures; if they are not made in God's likeness, then they are a harmful mistake in nature. He argues that either a divine being experienced a fall from grace, or else humans are simply animals that have completely lost their sense of reason.

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