[First Book] Manalive - G. K. Chesterton

[Max Tarver]

I would like to do Manalive by G. K. Chesterton.

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1718

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manalive

https://archive.org/details/manalive01chesgoog/page/n9/mode/1up

[Alex Cabal]

OK, sure. That one should be pretty basic. It's divided into 2 parts,
see the manual for how to structure that. There is also some verse, also
see the manual.

Please send a link to your repo once you start. Thanks!

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[Max Tarver]

https://github.com/maxotar/g-k-chesterton_manalive

I've started working on this.

There are some pretty complicated embedded letters in the second half of the book.

Going to be a little tricky.

[Max Tarver]

I would like some help on how to approach these sections:

The letters are being read aloud by characters and sometimes interrupted by other characters.

They have some footer styling, and they start with opening quotation marks but do not end with them.

scan sample 1

'

scan sample 2

Notice that there is no closing double quote? Seems like a recurring issue.

Below is currently how it is rendering without any semantics added.

[Vince]

Having a letter split by interruptions is a common occurrence in the corpus. Simply style each piece of the letter as a letter, with the appropriate semantics for whatever parts of the letter are in that piece.

There’s no closing quote because the speaker is still talking. Multiple paragraphs from the same speaker never have closing quotes. Neither the paragraph immediately prior to the second letter (living off the Harrow Road—) or immediately following (He writes as follows—) have a closing quote either, for the same reason.

[Max Tarver]

How does this look so far?

I attempted to format several of the letters in this chapter.

https://github.com/maxotar/g-k-chesterton_manalive/blob/master/src/epub/text/chapter-2-1.xhtml

[Alex Cabal]

I seem to have overlooked assigning this book, so I just assigned it.
Emma will manage with Robin reviewing.

Emma what do you think of his repo?

On 10/19/25 1:23 AM, Max Tarver wrote:
> How does this look so far?
> I attempted to format several of the letters in this chapter.
>
> https://github.com/maxotar/g-k-chesterton_manalive/blob/master/src/epub/
> text/chapter-2-1.xhtml
>
> On Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 7:39:44 PM UTC-6 Vince wrote:
>
> Having a letter split by interruptions is a common occurrence in the
> corpus. Simply style each piece of the letter as a letter, with the
> appropriate semantics for whatever parts of the letter are in that
> piece.
>
> There’s no closing quote because the speaker is still talking.
> Multiple paragraphs from the same speaker never have closing quotes.
> Neither the paragraph immediately prior to the second letter (living
> off the Harrow Road—) or immediately following (He writes as follows
> —) have a closing quote either, for the same reason.
>
>
>> On Oct 18, 2025, at 3:21 PM, Max Tarver <max...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>

>> https://github.com/maxotar/g-k-chesterton_manalive <https://
>> github.com/maxotar/g-k-chesterton_manalive>

>>
>> I've started working on this.
>> There are some pretty complicated embedded letters in the second
>> half of the book.
>> Going to be a little tricky.
>>
>> On Thursday, October 16, 2025 at 9:27:40 PM UTC-6 Alex Cabal wrote:
>>
>> OK, sure. That one should be pretty basic. It's divided into 2
>> parts,
>> see the manual for how to structure that. There is also some
>> verse, also
>> see the manual.
>>
>> Please send a link to your repo once you start. Thanks!
>>
>> On 10/16/25 9:32 PM, Max Tarver wrote:
>> > I would like to do Manalive by G. K. Chesterton.
>> >
>> >https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1718 <https://

>> www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1718>
>> >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manalive <https://
>> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manalive>
>> >https://archive.org/details/manalive01chesgoog/page/n9/
>> mode/1up <https://archive.org/details/manalive01chesgoog/page/
>> n9/mode/1up>

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[Emma Sweeney]

It looks pretty good. One small tweak: in the letter sent by Wilfred Emerson Eames and Innocent Smith, the footer needs to be structured like

<footer role="presentation">
<p>
<span epub:type="z3998:valediction">We are, yours faithfully,</span>
<br/>
<span epub:type="z3998:sender"><b epub:type="z3998:signature">Wilfred Emerson Eames,</b><br/>
Warden of Brakespeare College, Cambridge</span>
<br/>
<b epub:type="z3998:sender z3998:signature">Innocent Smith’</b>
</p>
</footer>

Emma

[Max Tarver]

Ok, thanks.

Now this next question is because PG and the scan differ in how the quote marks and block quoting work.

In all cases, the letters are read aloud by someone who did not write them, so I can understand why there is a double quote and then single quote also.

But the entire second half of the chapter is a long blockquote from one particularly long letter.

This long letter retells a story in which there is dialogue so there are three level of quotations.

I understand the logic, and the scans show it this way with three levels.

I just want to confirm that the blockquote itself does not imply a level of quotation on its own?

The PG transcription is missing the entire 3rd level of quotation so I want to confirm that I should mimic the scan before doing so.

Typical letter showing two layers of quotation.

PG showing the same letter with one layer of quotes only.

Scan showing 3 layers of quotes.

[Emma Sweeney]

Your page scans don't match the PG edition. You should be using these page scans.

Emma

[Max Tarver]

Ok, that makes a lot of sense.

I'm going to delete the last commit and do the letters again.

[Max Tarver]

I'm on the proofreading step now. I expect that will take a week or two.

[Max Tarver]

I finished proofreading and corrected what I found.

Proceeding to work on the metadata and colophon.

I propose this for the cover.

https://standardebooks.org/artworks/pierre-auguste-cot/the-storm

[Alex Cabal]

I don't think that cover fits at all. It's about turn of the century
London and a courtroom trial. This painting is two mythological-style
lovers running through a forest. Totally unrelated.

Also, I think it's too cliched to be used in any book in general. We
should remove it from the DB.

On 11/6/25 10:03 PM, Max Tarver wrote:
> I finished proofreading and corrected what I found.
> Proceeding to work on the metadata and colophon.
> I propose this for the cover.
>
> https://standardebooks.org/artworks/pierre-auguste-cot/the-storm
>
> On Thursday, October 23, 2025 at 8:19:17 PM UTC-6 Max Tarver wrote:
>
> I'm on the proofreading step now. I expect that will take a week or two.
>
> On Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 8:24:15 PM UTC-6 Max Tarver wrote:
>
> Ok, that makes a lot of sense.
> I'm going to delete the last commit and do the letters again.
>
> On Monday, October 20, 2025 at 6:03:29 PM UTC-6 Emma Sweeney wrote:
>
> Your page scans don't match the PG edition. You should be

> using these page scans <https://catalog.hathitrust.org/
> Record/007654756>.

>
> Emma
> On Monday, October 20, 2025 at 7:42:40 PM UTC-4
> max...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> Ok, thanks.
>
> Now this next question is because PG and the scan differ
> in how the quote marks and block quoting work.
> In all cases, the letters are read aloud by someone who
> did not write them, so I can understand why there is a
> double quote and then single quote also.
> But the entire second half of the chapter is a long
> blockquote from one particularly long letter.
> This long letter retells a story in which there is
> dialogue so there are three level of quotations.
> I understand the logic, and the scans show it this way
> with three levels.
>
> I just want to confirm that the blockquote itself does
> not imply a level of quotation on its own?
> The PG transcription is missing the entire 3rd level of
> quotation so I want to confirm that I should mimic the
> scan before doing so.
>
> Typical letter showing two layers of quotation.
>

> letter double quote.PNG
>
>
> PG showing the same letter with one layer of quotes only.
>

> letter pg.PNG
>
> Scan showing 3 layers of quotes.
>

> <https://github.com/maxotar/g-k-
> chesterton_manalive/blob/master/src/epub/>

> > text/chapter-2-1.xhtml
> >
> > On Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 7:39:44 PM
> UTC-6 Vince wrote:
> >
> > Having a letter split by interruptions is a
> common occurrence in the
> > corpus. Simply style each piece of the letter
> as a letter, with the
> > appropriate semantics for whatever parts of
> the letter are in that
> > piece.
> >
> > There’s no closing quote because the speaker
> is still talking.
> > Multiple paragraphs from the same speaker
> never have closing quotes.
> > Neither the paragraph immediately prior to
> the second letter (living
> > off the Harrow Road—) or immediately
> following (He writes as follows
> > —) have a closing quote either, for the same
> reason.
> >
> >
> >> On Oct 18, 2025, at 3:21 PM, Max Tarver
> <max...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> https://github.com/maxotar/g-k-
> chesterton_manalive <https://github.com/maxotar/

> g-k-chesterton_manalive> <https://
> >> github.com/maxotar/g-k-chesterton_manalive
> <http://github.com/maxotar/g-k-

> chesterton_manalive>>
> >>
> >> I've started working on this.
> >> There are some pretty complicated embedded
> letters in the second
> >> half of the book.
> >> Going to be a little tricky.
> >>
> >> On Thursday, October 16, 2025 at 9:27:40 PM
> UTC-6 Alex Cabal wrote:
> >>
> >> OK, sure. That one should be pretty basic.
> It's divided into 2
> >> parts,
> >> see the manual for how to structure that.
> There is also some
> >> verse, also
> >> see the manual.
> >>
> >> Please send a link to your repo once you
> start. Thanks!
> >>
> >> On 10/16/25 9:32 PM, Max Tarver wrote:
> >> > I would like to do Manalive by G. K.
> Chesterton.
> >> >
> >> >https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1718
> <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1718> <https://

> >> www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1718 <http://

> www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1718>>
> >> >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manalive
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manalive> <https://

> >> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manalive <http://
> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manalive>>
> >> >https://archive.org/details/
> manalive01chesgoog/page/n9/ <https://
> archive.org/details/manalive01chesgoog/page/n9/>
> >> mode/1up <https://archive.org/details/
> manalive01chesgoog/page/ <https://archive.org/
> details/manalive01chesgoog/page/>

> >> n9/mode/1up>
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[Emma Sweeney]

I recommend looking at some of the artwork produced around 1912 in the artwork database. Here are some around that time period.

Emma

[Max Tarver]

The one I found is relevant to the themes of the story and some particular aspects of the characters.

However, I can agree with finding something more aligned with the style of the time period.

Here is one that fits well and is from an approved museum.

https://dams.birminghammuseums.org.uk/assetbank-birminghammuseums/action/viewAsset?id=8178&index=0&total=1&view=viewSearchItem

[Emma Sweeney]

Looks good! I've added it to the art db.

Emma

[Max Tarver]

1. I added the image to the repo.
2. I'm trying to fill in details for the painting and artist, I can't seem to find a Wikipedia article or NACOAF entry for John Bernard Munns, should I leave the links empty?
3. Does a later step, like prepare release, fill in the reading ease?
4. I think the next step if for someone else to review the project?

[Emma Sweeney]

1. Looks good!

2. Delete the metadata elements if there is no information.

3. Yes, but you don't need to do that.

4. Once you've completed the metadata and fixed any issues flagged by `se lint.`, then you can request a review.

Emma

[Max Tarver]

Ok, artist info is complete.

I fixed all issues with lint and build check.

Ready for review.

[Alex Cabal]

Robin you're up for review on this one.

On 11/9/25 1:15 PM, Max Tarver wrote:
> Ok, artist info is complete.
> I fixed all issues with lint and build check.
> Ready for review.
>
> On Sunday, November 9, 2025 at 11:57:05 AM UTC-7 Emma Sweeney wrote:
>
> 1. Looks good!
> 2. Delete the metadata elements if there is no information.
> 3. Yes, but you don't need to do that.
> 4. Once you've completed the metadata and fixed any issues flagged
> by `se lint.`, then you can request a review.
>
> Emma
> On Sunday, November 9, 2025 at 1:44:46 PM UTC-5 max...@gmail.com wrote:
>

> 1. I added the image to the repo.
> 2. I'm trying to fill in details for the painting and artist, I

> can't seem to find a Wikipedia article or NACOAF entry
> for John Bernard Munns, should I leave the links empty?

> 3. Does a later step, like prepare release, fill in the reading
> ease?
> 4. I think the next step if for someone else to review the project?

>
>
> On Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 6:43:52 PM UTC-7 Emma Sweeney
> wrote:
>
> Looks good! I've added it to the art db.
>
> Emma
> On Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 12:36:27 PM UTC-5
> max...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> The one I found is relevant to the themes of the story
> and some particular aspects of the characters.
> However, I can agree with finding something more aligned
> with the style of the time period.
> Here is one that fits well and is from an approved museum.
>
> https://dams.birminghammuseums.org.uk/assetbank-
> birminghammuseums/action/viewAsset?

> id=8178&index=0&total=1&view=viewSearchItem <https://
> dams.birminghammuseums.org.uk/assetbank-
> birminghammuseums/action/viewAsset?
> id=8178&index=0&total=1&view=viewSearchItem>

>
> cover.png
>
> On Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 8:23:48 AM UTC-7 Emma
> Sweeney wrote:
>
> I recommend looking at some of the artwork produced
> around 1912 in the artwork database. Here are some

> around that time period. <https://
> standardebooks.org/artworks?page=4&per-
> page=80&sort=completed-
> newest&status=approved_not_in_use>

>
> Emma
> On Friday, November 7, 2025 at 11:31:26 AM UTC-5
> Alex Cabal wrote:
>
> I don't think that cover fits at all. It's about
> turn of the century
> London and a courtroom trial. This painting is
> two mythological-style
> lovers running through a forest. Totally unrelated.
>
> Also, I think it's too cliched to be used in any
> book in general. We
> should remove it from the DB.
>
> On 11/6/25 10:03 PM, Max Tarver wrote:
> > I finished proofreading and corrected what I
> found.
> > Proceeding to work on the metadata and colophon.
> > I propose this for the cover.
> >
> > https://standardebooks.org/artworks/pierre-

> auguste-cot/the-storm <https://
> standardebooks.org/artworks/pierre-auguste-cot/
> the-storm>

> >
> > On Thursday, October 23, 2025 at 8:19:17 PM
> UTC-6 Max Tarver wrote:
> >
> > I'm on the proofreading step now. I expect
> that will take a week or two.
> >
> > On Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 8:24:15 PM
> UTC-6 Max Tarver wrote:
> >
> > Ok, that makes a lot of sense.
> > I'm going to delete the last commit and do
> the letters again.
> >
> > On Monday, October 20, 2025 at 6:03:29 PM
> UTC-6 Emma Sweeney wrote:
> >
> > Your page scans don't match the PG edition.
> You should be
> > using these page scans <https://

> catalog.hathitrust.org/ <https://
> catalog.hathitrust.org/>

> > > https://github.com/maxotar/g-k- <https://
> github.com/maxotar/g-k->
> > chesterton_manalive/blob/master/src/epub/
> > <https://github.com/maxotar/g-k- <https://
> github.com/maxotar/g-k->

> > chesterton_manalive/blob/master/src/epub/>
> > > text/chapter-2-1.xhtml
> > >
> > > On Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 7:39:44 PM
> > UTC-6 Vince wrote:
> > >
> > > Having a letter split by interruptions is a
> > common occurrence in the
> > > corpus. Simply style each piece of the letter
> > as a letter, with the
> > > appropriate semantics for whatever parts of
> > the letter are in that
> > > piece.
> > >
> > > There’s no closing quote because the speaker
> > is still talking.
> > > Multiple paragraphs from the same speaker
> > never have closing quotes.
> > > Neither the paragraph immediately prior to
> > the second letter (living
> > > off the Harrow Road—) or immediately
> > following (He writes as follows
> > > —) have a closing quote either, for the same
> > reason.
> > >
> > >
> > >> On Oct 18, 2025, at 3:21 PM, Max Tarver
> > <max...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>

> > >> https://github.com/maxotar/g-k- <https://
> github.com/maxotar/g-k->
> > chesterton_manalive <https://github.com/
> maxotar/ <https://github.com/maxotar/>

> > g-k-chesterton_manalive> <https://
> > >> github.com/maxotar/g-k-chesterton_manalive
> <http://github.com/maxotar/g-k-chesterton_manalive>

> > <http://github.com/maxotar/g-k- <http://
> github.com/maxotar/g-k->

> www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1718> <http://

> > www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1718 <http://
> www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1718>>>
> > >> >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manalive
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manalive>
> > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manalive
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manalive>> <https://
> > >> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manalive <http://

> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manalive> <http://
> > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manalive <http://
> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manalive>>>
> > >> >https://archive.org/details/ <https://
> archive.org/details/>
> > manalive01chesgoog/page/n9/ <https://
> > archive.org/details/manalive01chesgoog/page/
> n9/ <http://archive.org/details/
> manalive01chesgoog/page/n9/>>
> > >> mode/1up <https://archive.org/details/
> <https://archive.org/details/>
> > manalive01chesgoog/page/ <https://
> archive.org/ <https://archive.org/>

> > details/manalive01chesgoog/page/>
> > >> n9/mode/1up>
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[Robin Whittleton]

Sorry, I had it flagged, not sure how I missed it. Will try to get it done by tomorrow evening.

-Robin

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[Robin Whittleton]

Made some time, there’s a set of issues at https://github.com/maxotar/g-k-chesterton_manalive/issues/1. Nothing major, just tweaks, but there’s an editorial commit I think we should drop. That’ll require a rebase: are you happy doing that?

-Robin

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[Max Tarver]

Changes done including rebase.

Thanks for the great notes!

[Robin Whittleton]

Thanks! OK, ready for you Alex.

-Robin

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[Alex Cabal]

OK, looks good! Great work Max, I've released it.

Note that modernize-spelling removed hyphens from some words that were
unusually hyphenated as a dialogue style. I've restored those, but you
have to be very careful when reviewing the changes modernize-spelling does.

If you'd like to work on another book, check our wanted ebooks list for
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On 11/14/25 1:03 AM, Robin Whittleton wrote:
> Thanks! OK, ready for you Alex.
>
> -Robin
>
>> On 14 Nov 2025, at 04:26, Max Tarver <max...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Changes done including rebase.
>> Thanks for the great notes!
>>
>> On Thursday, November 13, 2025 at 12:22:38 PM UTC-7 robin wrote:
>>
>> Made some time, there’s a set of issues at https://github.com/

>> maxotar/g-k-chesterton_manalive/issues/1 <https://github.com/
>> maxotar/g-k-chesterton_manalive/issues/1>. Nothing major, just

>>>>> https://dams.birminghammuseums.org.uk/assetbank- <https://
>>>>> dams.birminghammuseums.org.uk/assetbank->
>>>>>               birminghammuseums/action/viewAsset?
>>>>>               id=8178&index=0&total=1&view=viewSearchItem <https://
>>>>> dams.birminghammuseums.org.uk/assetbank- <http://

>>>>> dams.birminghammuseums.org.uk/assetbank->
>>>>>               birminghammuseums/action/viewAsset?
>>>>>               id=8178&index=0&total=1&view=viewSearchItem>
>>>>>               cover.png
>>>>>               On Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 8:23:48 AM UTC-7
>>>>> Emma
>>>>>               Sweeney wrote:
>>>>>                   I recommend looking at some of the artwork
>>>>> produced
>>>>>                   around 1912 in the artwork database. Here are
>>>>> some
>>>>>                   around that time period. <https://

>>>>> standardebooks.org/artworks?page=4&per- <http://

>>>>> standardebooks.org/artworks?page=4&per->
>>>>>                   page=80&sort=completed-
>>>>>                   newest&status=approved_not_in_use>
>>>>>                   Emma
>>>>>                   On Friday, November 7, 2025 at 11:31:26 AM UTC-5
>>>>>                   Alex Cabal wrote:
>>>>>                       I don't think that cover fits at all.
>>>>> It's about
>>>>>                       turn of the century
>>>>>                       London and a courtroom trial. This
>>>>> painting is
>>>>>                       two mythological-style
>>>>>                       lovers running through a forest. Totally
>>>>> unrelated.
>>>>>                       Also, I think it's too cliched to be used
>>>>> in any
>>>>>                       book in general. We
>>>>>                       should remove it from the DB.
>>>>>                       On 11/6/25 10:03 PM, Max Tarver wrote:
>>>>>> I finished proofreading and corrected what I
>>>>>                       found.
>>>>>> Proceeding to work on the metadata and colophon.
>>>>>> I propose this for the cover.
>>>>>>

>>>>>> https://standardebooks.org/artworks/pierre- <https://
>>>>>> standardebooks.org/artworks/pierre->
>>>>>                       auguste-cot/the-storm <https://
>>>>> standardebooks.org/artworks/pierre-auguste-cot/ <http://

>>>>> standardebooks.org/artworks/pierre-auguste-cot/>
>>>>>                       the-storm>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thursday, October 23, 2025 at 8:19:17 PM
>>>>>                       UTC-6 Max Tarver wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm on the proofreading step now. I expect
>>>>>                       that will take a week or two.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 8:24:15 PM
>>>>>                       UTC-6 Max Tarver wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ok, that makes a lot of sense.
>>>>>> I'm going to delete the last commit and do
>>>>>                       the letters again.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Monday, October 20, 2025 at 6:03:29 PM
>>>>>                       UTC-6 Emma Sweeney wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Your page scans don't match the PG edition.
>>>>>                       You should be
>>>>>> using these page scans <https://

>>>>> catalog.hathitrust.org/ <http://catalog.hathitrust.org/> <https://
>>>>> catalog.hathitrust.org/ <http://catalog.hathitrust.org/>>

>>>>>>> g-k-> <https://
>>>>> github.com/maxotar/g-k- <http://github.com/maxotar/g-k->>
>>>>>> chesterton_manalive/blob/master/src/epub/
>>>>>> <https://github.com/maxotar/g-k- <https://github.com/maxotar/
>>>>>> g-k-> <https://
>>>>> github.com/maxotar/g-k- <http://github.com/maxotar/g-k->>

>>>>>> chesterton_manalive/blob/master/src/epub/>
>>>>>>> text/chapter-2-1.xhtml
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 7:39:44 PM
>>>>>> UTC-6 Vince wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Having a letter split by interruptions is a
>>>>>> common occurrence in the
>>>>>>> corpus. Simply style each piece of the letter
>>>>>> as a letter, with the
>>>>>>> appropriate semantics for whatever parts of
>>>>>> the letter are in that
>>>>>>> piece.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There’s no closing quote because the speaker
>>>>>> is still talking.
>>>>>>> Multiple paragraphs from the same speaker
>>>>>> never have closing quotes.
>>>>>>> Neither the paragraph immediately prior to
>>>>>> the second letter (living
>>>>>>> off the Harrow Road—) or immediately
>>>>>> following (He writes as follows
>>>>>>> —) have a closing quote either, for the same
>>>>>> reason.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Oct 18, 2025, at 3:21 PM, Max Tarver
>>>>>> <max...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://github.com/maxotar/g-k- <https://github.com/maxotar/

>>>>>>>> g-k-> <https://
>>>>> github.com/maxotar/g-k- <http://github.com/maxotar/g-k->>
>>>>>> chesterton_manalive <https://github.com/ <https://github.com/>

>>>>>                       maxotar/ <https://github.com/maxotar/
>>>>> <https://github.com/maxotar/>>
>>>>>> g-k-chesterton_manalive> <https://

>>>>>>>> github.com/maxotar/g-k-chesterton_manalive <http://
>>>>>>>> github.com/maxotar/g-k-chesterton_manalive>
>>>>>                       <http://github.com/maxotar/g-k-
>>>>> chesterton_manalive <http://github.com/maxotar/g-k-

>>>>> chesterton_manalive>>
>>>>>> <http://github.com/maxotar/g-k- <http://github.com/maxotar/g-

>>>>>> k-> <http://

>>>>>>>> www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1718 <http://www.gutenberg.org/

>>>>>>>> ebooks/1718> <http://
>>>>> www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1718 <http://www.gutenberg.org/
>>>>> ebooks/1718>> <http://
>>>>>> www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1718 <http://www.gutenberg.org/
>>>>>> ebooks/1718> <http://
>>>>> www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1718 <http://www.gutenberg.org/
>>>>> ebooks/1718>>>>
>>>>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manalive <https://
>>>>>>>>> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manalive>
>>>>>                       <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manalive
>>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manalive>>
>>>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manalive <https://
>>>>>> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manalive>
>>>>>                       <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manalive
>>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manalive>>> <https://

>>>>>>>> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manalive <http://en.wikipedia.org/

>>>>>>>> wiki/Manalive> <http://
>>>>> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manalive <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
>>>>> Manalive>> <http://
>>>>>> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manalive <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
>>>>>> Manalive> <http://
>>>>> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manalive <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
>>>>> Manalive>>>>
>>>>>>>>> https://archive.org/details/ <https://archive.org/details/>

>>>>>>>>> <https://
>>>>> archive.org/details/ <http://archive.org/details/>>
>>>>>> manalive01chesgoog/page/n9/ <https://
>>>>>> archive.org/details/manalive01chesgoog/page/ <http://
>>>>>> archive.org/details/manalive01chesgoog/page/>
>>>>>                       n9/ <http://archive.org/details/ <http://
>>>>> archive.org/details/>

>>>>>                       manalive01chesgoog/page/n9/>>
>>>>>>>> mode/1up <https://archive.org/details/ <https://archive.org/
>>>>>>>> details/>

>>>>>                       <https://archive.org/details/ <https://
>>>>> archive.org/details/>>

>>>>>> manalive01chesgoog/page/ <https://
>>>>> archive.org/ <http://archive.org/> <https://archive.org/

>>>>> <https://archive.org/>>
>>>>>> details/manalive01chesgoog/page/>
>>>>>>>> n9/mode/1up>
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