What I Saw in America
by G. K. CHESTERTON (1874 - 1936)
“Let me begin my American impressions with two impressions I had before I went to America. One was an incident and the other an idea; and when taken together they illustrate the attitude I mean. The first principle is that nobody should be ashamed of thinking a thing funny because it is foreign; the second is that he should be ashamed of thinking it wrong because it is funny.” (Gilbert Keith Chesterton)
Listen next episodes of
What I Saw in America:
Chapter 01 Part 2 What is America ,
Chapter 02 Part 1 Medidation in a New York Hotel ,
Chapter 02 Part 2 Medidation in a New York Hotel ,
Chapter 03 Part 1 A Meditation in Broadway ,
Chapter 03 Part 2 A Meditation in Broadway ,
Chapter 04 Part 1 Irish and Other Interviewers ,
Chapter 04 Part 2 Irish and Other Interviewers ,
Chapter 05 Part 1 Some American Cities ,
Chapter 05 Part 2 Some American Cities ,
Chapter 06 Part 1 In the American Country ,
Chapter 06 Part 2 In the American Country ,
Chapter 07 Part 1 The American Business Man ,
Chapter 07 Part 2 The American Business Man ,
Chapter 07 Part 3 The American Business Man ,
Chapter 08 Part 1 Presidents and Problems ,
Chapter 08 Part 2 Presidents and Problems ,
Chapter 08 Part 3 Presidents and Problems ,
Chapter 09 Part 1 Prohibition in Fact and Fancy ,
Chapter 09 Part 2 Prohibition in Fact and Fancy ,
Chapter 10 Part 1 Fads and Public Opinion ,
Chapter 10 Part 2 Fads and Public Opinion ,
Chapter 11 The Extraordinary American ,
Chapter 12 The Republican in the Ruins ,
Chapter 13 Is the Atlantic Narrowing? ,
Chapter 14 Lincoln and Lost Causes ,
Chapter 15 Part 1 Wells and the World State ,
Chapter 15 Part 2 Wells and the World State ,
Chapter 16 A New Martin Chuzzlewit ,
Chapter 17 The Spirit of America ,
Chapter 18 The Spirit of England ,
Chapter 19 The Future of Democracy