Karel Čapek,
Letters from England — The Pilgrim Sees Animals and Famous People
(1925)
“ I watched the lion asleep, the monkeys embracing, and the orang-outang putting a basket on his head as we human beings don a hat; the Indian peacock opened its tail for me and turned itself about, scraping challengingly with its claw ”
Karel Čapek,
Letters from England — The Pilgrim Sees Animals and Famous People
(1925)
“ No. 20, a clean-shaven gentleman, of almost worthy appearance: Arthur Devereux, hanged 1905, known as the “trunk murderer,” because he hid the corpses of his victims in trunks. Horrid. No. 21—no, this worthy priest cannot be “Mrs. Dyer, the Reading baby murderess.” I now perceive that I have confused the pages of the catalogue, and I am compelled to correct my impressions: the seated gentleman, No. 12, is merely Bernard Shaw; No. 13 is Louis Blériot, and No. 20 is simply Guglielmo Marconi. Never again will I judge people by their faces. ”
Karel Čapek,
Letters from England — The Pilgrim Sees Animals and Famous People
(1925)
“ But as on that occasion I was unable to draw stags from memory, I hastened into Richmond Park where there are whole herds of them. They come up close to people, without the least fuss, and they show a preference for vegetarians. ”
