Wars Damage The Civilian Society As Much

Today The Somme Is A Peaceful But Sullen Place, Unforgetting And Unforgiving. ... To Wander Now Over The Fields Destined To Extrude Their Rusty Metal Fragments For Centuries Is To Appreciate In The Most Intimate Way The Permanent Reverberations Of July, 1916. When The Air Is Damp You Can Smell Rusted Iron Everywhere, Even Though You See Only Wheat And Barley.

Travel Sharpens The Senses. Abroad One Feels, Sees And Hears Things In An Abnormal Way.

If The Term Discussion Has Always Seemed To Me To Imply Mild Warnings Of Wasted Time, Workshop Sets Off A Clangorous Alarm.

I Find Nothing More Depressing Than Optimism.

A Guide Book Is Addressed To Those Who Plan To Follow The Traveler, Doing What He Has Done, But More Selectively. A Travel Book, In Its Purest, Is Addressed To Those Who Do Not Plan To Follow The Traveler At All, But Who Require The Exotic Or Comic Anomalies, Wonders And Scandals Of The Literary Form Romance Which Their Own Place Or Time Cannot Entirely Supply.