The Grand Tour

Excerpt from The Grand Tour

After summing up existence in a block of sculptured marble, there is still so much left over, so much I have been obliged to discard, to knock off life as I make the chips fly in an effort to obtain from mere stone a residuum that Shall be pure fact unclouded With ambiguities and muddle-mindedness, that I am left with a regret similar to that of a hero Who, in order to obtain his goal, must neglect, even destroy, a thousand wonderful and interesting objects.

There is my excuse for this incursion into your province, formulated, like most excuses, after the event.

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