November 11, 2007
The tourist who moves about to see and hear and open himself to all the influences of the places which condense centuries of human greatness is only a man in search of excellence.
Max Lerner (b. 1902), U.S. author, columnist. repr. in The Unfinished Country, pt. 1 (1959). “Lo, the Poor Sightseer,” New York Post (Sept. 15, 1954) via NYSH&TA