The Modern Traveller
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Hilaire Belloc
Hilaire Belloc was born in France in 1870. As a child, he moved with his mother and siblings to England. As a French citizen, he did his military service in France before going to Oxford University, where he was president of the Union debating society. He took British citizenship in 1902 and was a member of parliament for several years. A prolific and versatile writer of over 150 books, he is best remembered for his comic and light verse. But he also wrote extensively about politics, history, nature and contemporary society. Famously adversarial, he is remembered for his long-running feud with H. G. Wells. He died in in Surrey, England, in 1953.
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The Modern Traveller - Hilaire Belloc
Hilaire Belloc
The Modern Traveller
Published by Good Press, 2022
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EAN 4066338073815
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Illustration: Our traveller and a journalist in a room littered with miscellaneous African artifacts.Forgive the litter in the room.
THE MODERN TRAVELLER.
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The Daily Menace, I presume?
Forgive the litter in the room.
I can’t explain to you
How out of place a man like me
Would be without the things you see,—
The Shields and Assegais and odds
And ends of little savage gods.
Be seated; take a pew.
(Excuse the phrase. I’m rather rough,
And—pardon me!—but have you got
A pencil? I’ve another here:
The one that you have brought, I fear,
Will not be long enough.)
Illustration: A journalist taking notes from our traveller, who is talking.And so the Public want to hear
About the expedition
From which I recently returned:
Of how the Fetish Tree was burned;
Of how we struggled to the coast,
And lost our ammunition;
How we retreated, side by side;
And how, like Englishmen, we died.
Well, as you know, I hate to boast,
And, what is more, I can’t abide
A popular position.
Illustration: Our traveller and the Duke in evening dress (tailcoats), standing and talking.I told the Duke the other day
The way I felt about it.
He answered courteously—Oh!
An Editor (who had an air
Of what the Dutch call savoir faire)
Said, "Mr. Rooter, you are right,
And nobody can doubt it."
The Duchess murmured, Very true.
Her comments may be brief and few,
But very seldom trite.
Still, representing as you do
A public and a point of view,
I’ll give you leave to jot
A few remarks,—a very few,—
But understand that this is not
A formal interview.
And, first of all, I will begin
By talking of Commander Sin.
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Poor Henry Sin from quite a child,
I fear, was always rather wild;
But all his faults were due
To something free and unrestrained,
That partly pleased and