Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things can not be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.”
- Source
- The Innocents Abroad
- Date
- 1869
Meaning of “Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things…”
The conclusion links breadth of judgment with exposure beyond one familiar setting, arguing that charitable understanding requires experience of a wider world.
Where does it come from?
The Innocents Abroad (1869), Conclusion (Wikisource Chapter LXII). Immediately after the prejudice sentence Twain argues that broad, wholesome and charitable views cannot be acquired by remaining in one small corner of the earth. Verified against the scan-backed 1869 first edition and retained as historical travel argument rather than an empirical guarantee.
