Saturday, October 31, 2009

Quote: John Cam Hobhouse ...

"Travel-writers are in one respect the very reverse of prophets, for whatever honour they gain is in their own country. In the regions and amongst the people whom they profess to describe, not only their errors, but their partialities, and the cause of them, their want of attention and assiduity, their blind credulity, and the weakness of the authorities on which they have confided, are too well known to allow them the enjoyment of any great reputation."

-- from Journey Through Albania and Other Provinces of Turkey, 1813

No comments:

Post a Comment