\u201cLook here\u201d, said the old seafarer and rolled out a map. \u201cThis here is the Island of the Blissful.\u201d His grandson regarded it attentively while the man stood up and took another map from the shelf. \u201cAnd this here\u201d, he continued while he unrolled this second map, \u201cis the Island of the Ill-Fated.\u201d \u201cBut that\u2019s exactly the same island!\u201d exclaimed the young man. \u201cPerhaps it is the same, and perhaps it is not\u201d, said the old man in a mysterious tone. \u201cBut I can tell you this much: The maps were drawn by two different cartographers. Both have visited the island. One went to all the bleak and desolate mountains on the island and measured all the spaces. The other went to all the beautiful, fertile places, and measured the island from there. Look here: they have also drawn in the paths along which they wandered. Whoever makes his way with the first map, looks from one beautiful peak to the next, and the dreary areas are hidden by the beautiful mountains. However, whoever makes his way with the second map, looks from one desolate peak to the next, and the beautiful scenery landscape remains hidden behind them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cLook here\u201d, said the old seafarer and rolled out a map. \u201cThis here is the Island of the Blissful.\u201d His grandson regarded it attentively while the man stood up and took another map from the shelf. \u201cAnd this here\u201d, he … Continue reading