原文：
Suppose he could take one meal so compact and comprehensive that he should never hunger any more; suppose him, at a glance, to take in all the features of the world and allay the desire for knowledge; suppose him to do the like in any province of experience - would not that man be in a poor way for amusement ever after?
One who goes touring on foot with a single volume in his knapsack reads with circumspection, pausing often to reflect, and often laying the book down to contemplate the landscape or the prints in the inn parlour; for he fears to come to an end of his entertainment, and be left companionless on the last stages of his journey.
譯文：
假如一個人一頓飯吃得緊湊而豐盛，考試大那他就不會再感到飢餓；假如一眼就能看透人間世事，他就不會再有求知的慾望。如果他在生活中其它任何領域都是如此，那他的生活還有樂趣可言嗎？
一個徒步旅行的人，揹包裏只有一本書，他會精心的.研讀，不時停下來思考一番，還經常會放下書，凝視着風景，或者觀賞酒館裏的裝飾圖案；他害怕一但讀完，便沒有什麼樂趣了，剩下的旅程將寂寞而無以爲藉。
