Chesterton was deliberately allusive, but obviously expected his readers to get it. Thus the only thing that obscures this great man's identity is time. I imagine that access to the critical edition of Chesterton's articles in the Daily Mail (ISBN 978-1848932135) would easily clear the matter up, but without it, I am forced to speculate. Given the clues (published author, had a white beard, lived near Dorking, died before 1909), my best guess is
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Tremendous.
that's great / tremendous /awesome!
awesome, great, tremendous, intense
"Tremendous" means something very large, great, or intense in size, amount, or degree. It is often used to emphasize the scale or strength of something.
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considerable, enormous, numerous, oversize, tremendous
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That's awesome, stupendous, magnificent, tremendous,...
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