naomi; //...Chesterton whom you also consider to be one of the ‘right’ people//
Some wonder whether there are not good grounds for considering G. K. Chesterton for canonisation even. It has been said that there was 'a special integrity and blamelessness about him, a special devotion to the good and to justice, a special capacity for friendship and for winning the awed respect of an astonishingly diverse range of people and a special memorableness (as so many have testified). Above all, there was that breathtaking, intuitive (almost angelic) possession of the Truth and awareness of the supernatural, which only a truly holy person can enjoy. This was the gift of heroic intelligence and understanding—and of heroic prophecy. He was a giant, spiritually as well as physically. Has there ever been anyone quite like him?'
I have searched in my quote bag, but I can't think of many 20th century figures who would warrant such praise, can you?