The writer begins with praise of a journey. He expresses delight in journeying alone with nature being his only companion. He hates being in the company of fellow travellers who like to chat and worry about the world when they travel.
He loves his solitude and freedom. A journey should be liberating oneself from the everyday world and its concerns. To remove oneself from the prison of company and anxieties one must become connected to nature.
The only way to achieve such a union is through complete freedom of thought. He enjoys the silent commentary of wildflowers or the music of flowing waters than constant repartee with a fellow human over worldly topics. Such freedom does not demand a confession of feelings in words or gestures. He claims that when we are with others we should completely devote our attention to them and entertain their thoughts and opinions. However, when we are alone and travelling, we should just concentrate on our own thoughts and reflect on them.
We can either be alone or together, not both at the same time. We cannot talk and reflect at the same time. We cannot converse and have internal thoughts at the same time.
When one is with nature, he must lose all thoughts of collecting and analyzing information. One must experience and not judge or evaluate such experience. However, when we have the company of another person, we always have to communicate and express our experience into hasty words. Then one has to make such information relevant to them, express it in a way they can understand.
This way you can never truly immerse yourself in the natural environment around you. He wishes to enjoy solitude for its own s. The soul or essence of a journey is to enjoy liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel and do as one pleases. The inten all impediments and inconveniences, to escape from one as well as to get rid of others. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read.
Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. On Going On a Journey by William Hazlitt is a masterpiece essay on the adventure of travel and perks of traveling alone. Your email address will not be published. Out of my country and may I go.
It is perfect for those who wish to forget painful thoughts as it helps to forget earlier ties and bonds. Hazlitt would love to spend his whole life travelling abroad if only he could borrow anoth home. Open navigation menu. Close suggestions Search Search. User Settings. Skip carousel. Carousel Previous. Carousel Next. What is Scribd? Explore Ebooks. Bestsellers Editors' Picks All Ebooks.
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