I will make no accusations, and indulge in no polemic against others rather, I will say what happened, confident that I need do no more. I do not go back to my portrait to add extra layers of tint and varnish to cover my errors or the weakness of my draftsmanship. If my narrative appears simple and foolish, then you must conclude that the young man of so many years past was similarly so. Those who in later years did me harm I describe as I knew them then, and I beg any reader to remember that, although I was hardly callow, I was not yet wise in the ways of the world. Many of those I met, similarly, were of little consequence. Much of my tour around that country was of interest only to myself, and finds no mention here. I will leave out much, but nothing of significance. Francis Bacon, Novum Organum Scientarum, Section II, Aphorism VI. For Men associate by Discourse, and a false and improper Imposition of Words strangely possesses the Understanding, for Words absolutely force the Understanding, and put all Things into Confusion. There are Idols which we call Idols of the Market.
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