William Hazlitt 《On Going a Journey》

One of the pleasantest things in the world is going a journey; but I like to go by myself. I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me. I am then never less alone than when alone.

世上最惬意的事情之一便是出游；而我一向喜欢独往。居住室内时我能享受交际的乐趣；但是一旦到了户外，自然的陪伴对我已经足够。那时我虽独自一人却也绝不孤单。

“The fields his study, nature was his book.”

如果说田野是其的书房，自然便是其的书本。

The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as one pleases. We go a journey chiefly to be free of all impediments and of all inconveniences; to leave ourselves behind, much more to get rid of others. It is because I want a little breathing-space to muse on indifferent matters, where Contemplation

“May plume her feathers and let grow her wings,

That in thevarious bustle of resort

Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair’d.”

出游的精神在于自由，纯粹的自由，以便自在地思想、感觉、行动。我们之所以出游，主要在于想要摆脱一切障碍，不便，不仅仅把自我抛之脑后，更要甩掉他人，因为我渴望少许余暇去沉思不同的问题...