IIIFカラー高解像度
国立情報学研究所 - ディジタル・シルクロード・プロジェクト
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| Among the Celestials : vol.1 | |
| 天の間で : vol.1 |
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引用情報
94 AMONG THE CELESTIALS: [CHAP. V.
journey overland to India would take us
through the entire length of Chinese Turkes-
tan, the condition of which was still unknown
since the Chinese had reconquered it by one
of those long-sustained efforts for which they
are so remarkable. We should be able to see
those secluded people of Central Asia, dim
figures of whom I had pictured in my mind
from reading the accounts of the few travellers
who had been amongst them.
Then, too, there was the fascination of
seeing the very heart of the Himalayas, as
we should have to cross their entire breadth
on the way to India. And all combined was
one grand project this idea of striking boldly
out from Peking to penetrate to India--
that of itself inspired enthusiasm and roused
every spark of exploring ardour in me. No
excitement I have ever experienced has come
up to that of planning out a great journey.
The only drawback in such a life is the
subsequent reaction when all is over, and
the monotonous round of ordinary existence
oppresses one by its torpidity and flatness.
in comparison. The project before me was
a journey in length nearly as great as one
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