What I saw in America

By: Chesterton, G. K.

All this must begin with an apology and not an apologia. When I went wandering about the States disguised as a lecturer, I was well aware that I was not sufficiently well disguised to be a spy. I was even in the worst possible position to be a sight-seer. A lecturer to American audiences can hardly be in the holiday mood of a sight-seer. It is rather the audience that is sight-seeing; even if it is seeing a rather melancholy sight. Some say that people come to see the lecturer and not to hear him; in which case it seems rather a pity that he should disturb and distress their minds with a lecture. He might merely display himself on a stand or platform for a stipulated sum; or be exhibited like a monster in a menagerie. The circus elephant is not expected to make a speech. But it is equally true that the circus elephant is not allowed to write a book.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08JB9R157
• ISBN13: 9798686506992
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"