If I were to travel this land with but one companion, its
pages should address science and the mathematics of calculations. It must be wise in both ethics as it is well
versed in schnanigians. It must teach
caution and bravery, risk and value. Discoveries should be random but never
hap-hazard. There should live within it
a purposefulness of life and a childlike inquisitiveness beyond all things
reasonable.
This companion must be designed to expand with the growing
knowledge it presumes.
It should require no page numbers nor index, but carry with
it an underlining awareness, falling short of any arrogance.
Weathered and speckled with fingerprints, the mere sight of it
must express its value to even the most skeptic of travelers.
This is the document I would treasure beyond railway tokens
and brass compasses and by journey’s end I should be well aware of where
and how I’ve been.
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