Chesterton's Yachtsman: 22,000 Miles in One Minute

G.K. Chesterton tells of a yachtsman who got lost and discovered England thinking that it was an undiscovered island in the South Seas. He writes: "What could be more delightful than to have in the same few minutes all the fascinating terrors of going abroad combined with all the humane security of coming home again? What could be better than to have all the fun of discovering South Africa without the disgusting necessity of landing there? What could be more glorious than to brace one's self up to discover New South Wales and then realize that it was really old South Wales?... How can we contrive to be at once astonished at the world and yet at home in it?" This is the tale of my endeavors to answer these questions and so realize this spirit.

Thursday, July 11, 2013

22,000 Miles in One Minute

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