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What I Saw in America
by G. K. CHESTERTON (1874 - 1936)Chapter 06 Part 1 In the American Country
“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 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