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Quotation from The Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton
“Humility is the mother of giants. One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.”
The Innocence of Father Brown, The Hammer of God (Project Gutenberg #204)
On the church gallery Brown speaks to Wilfred Bohun about the blacksmith's hard religion and the danger of high places.
Citation: "Humility is the mother of giants. One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak." — G. K. Chesterton, The Innocence of Father Brown, The Hammer of God (Project Gutenberg #204). (id the-innocence-of-father-brown-q5)
Portrait: Innocence of Fr Brown Lucas 006, Sydney Seymour Lucas, Public domain.
