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I have never managed to lose my old conviction that travel narrows the mind. At least a man must make a double effort of moral humility and imaginative energy to prevent it from narrowing his mind. Indeed there is something touching and even tragic about the thought of the thoughtless tourist, who might have stayed at home loving Laplanders, embracing Chinamen, and clasping Patagonians to his heart in Hampstead or Surbiton, but for his blind and suicidal impulse to go and see what they looked like. This is not meant for nonsense; still less is it meant for the silliest sort of nonsense, which…mehr
I have never managed to lose my old conviction that travel narrows the mind. At least a man must make a double effort of moral humility and imaginative energy to prevent it from narrowing his mind. Indeed there is something touching and even tragic about the thought of the thoughtless tourist, who might have stayed at home loving Laplanders, embracing Chinamen, and clasping Patagonians to his heart in Hampstead or Surbiton, but for his blind and suicidal impulse to go and see what they looked like. This is not meant for nonsense; still less is it meant for the silliest sort of nonsense, which is cynicism. The human bond that he feels at home is not an illusion. On the contrary, it is rather an inner reality. Man is inside all men. In a real sense any man may be inside any men.
G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) was the author of over 80 books, several hundred poems, 200 short stories and 4000 essays. Simon Newman is Professor in the Department of History at the University of Glasgow. His research interests focus on the social and political history of early America.
Inhaltsangabe
1. What is America? 2. A Meditation in a New York Hotel 3. A Meditation in Broadway 4. Irish and other Interviewers 5. Some American Cities 6. In the American Country 7. The American Business Man 8. Presidents and Problems 9. Prohibition in Fact and Fancy 10. Fads and Public Opinion 11. The Extraordinary American 12. The Republican in the Ruins 13. Is the Atlantic Narrowing? 14. Lincoln and Lost Causes 15. Wells and the World State 16. A New Martin Chuzzlewit 17. The Spirit of America 18. The Spirit of England 19. The Future of Democracy
1. What is America? 2. A Meditation in a New York Hotel 3. A Meditation in Broadway 4. Irish and other Interviewers 5. Some American Cities 6. In the American Country 7. The American Business Man 8. Presidents and Problems 9. Prohibition in Fact and Fancy 10. Fads and Public Opinion 11. The Extraordinary American 12. The Republican in the Ruins 13. Is the Atlantic Narrowing? 14. Lincoln and Lost Causes 15. Wells and the World State 16. A New Martin Chuzzlewit 17. The Spirit of America 18. The Spirit of England 19. The Future of Democracy
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