Around the World With Eyes Wide Open: The Wonders of the World Pictured by the Pen and Pencil (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Around the World With Eyes Wide Open: The Wonders of the World Pictured by the Pen and Pencil Which now became increasingly fascinating, the desire of my life to visit the countries of the world, and study the peoples of earth, grew into a determination to start upon this circuit of the globe at the earliest practicable moment. Difficulties which seem insurmountable, frequently fade away as you approach them. Distance not only lends enchantment to the view, but oftentimes it disenchants, by seemingly magnifying the obstacles that lie in the pathway of our goal. The only way to do a thing is to do it. Events conspire to lend a helping hand to a determined purpose. A few months after the pencil-tracing on the map was made, I waved farewell to my loved ones at the Union Station, Baltimore, and was off - moving toward the setting sun. While I expected to receive much pleasure from the extended trip before me, this was not the supreme motive that actuated me. I decided, in my journeyings, frequently to turn aside from the usual route pursued by the globe-trotter; to rough it while studying the customs and characteristics of. Natives far from the treaty ports; systematically to record my impressions and the results of my study', on the ground, day by day, while they were fresh in my mind; to illustrate these strange scenes and interesting studies both by the pen and the photographic art; and to present to the public a book on travel that would be somewhat unique in its character. If I have enabled others to share with me the pleasures and profits of. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Hardcover, Label: Forgotten Books, Forgotten Books, Product group: Book, Published: 2018-03-23, Studio: Forgotten Books.