Question
rier de Moistre was a young soldier in the
› arry, a kingdam that covered parts of modern-
on and Italy. He wrote A Journey Round My Room in
n city of Turin during a 42-day house arrest for
in illegal duel To amuse himsolf, he wrote this
I a travel journal by recording an exploration of
which excerpt from Chapter I BEST shows tha
the narrator believes his book is beneficial fo
others?
"The pleasure to be found in travelling round on
room Is sheltered from the restless jealousy of n
and Is Independent of Fortune."
from
Journey Round My Room
by Xavier de Maistre
Chapter I
A Book of Discoveries
nore glorious than to open for one's self
career, to appear suddenly before
red world with a book of discoveries
"No longer will I keep my book In obscurity. Beh
It, ... read ItI I have undertaken and performer
forty-two days' journey round my room.*
What more glorlous than to open for one's se
new career,--to appear suddenly before the
learned world with a book of discoveries in or
hand, lIke an unlooked-for comet."
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And when I think of the number of unhappy
to whom I offer a never falling resource for w
moments, and a balm for the Ills they suffer,
heart Is filled with Inexpressible satisfaction.
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Answer
"What more glorious than to open for one's self a new career,--to appear suddenly before the learned world with a book of discoveries in one's hand, like an unlooked-for comet."