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Here’s a bullet-point summary of G.K. Chesterton’s passage from Orthodoxy (Chapter: The Ethics of Elfland):

• Materialism’s false assumption – The belief that repetition signifies lifelessness is flawed. Regularity can stem from vitality, not mechanical necessity.

• Life’s variation comes from weakness, not strength – Humans change their actions due to fatigue or failure, whereas something truly alive might repeat itself endlessly out of joy.

• Children’s delight in repetition – Kids say, "Do it again!" because of their abundant vitality, while adults tire due to diminished energy.

• God’s eternal joy in creation – Perhaps the sun rises daily not out of necessity, but because God delights in saying, “Do it again.”

• Repetition as divine artistry, not fate – The consistent patterns of nature may reflect creative choice rather than mechanical determinism.

• The encore of existence – The universe’s ongoing cycles may be like a theatrical encore, where life is celebrated and renewed rather than predetermined.

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