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William Blake

G. K. Chesterton

Chesterton's short biography of the poet and engraver: the life of Blake, who saw the angels in the tree at Peckham, and the idea that he was a sane man in a mad world. First published in the Popular Library of Art, with plates (omitted here).

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Source: Chapter divisions as printed; Gutenberg front and back matter dropped, line wraps joined, underscored italics converted, double hyphens set as em dashes. Raw text in sources/en-US-originals/.