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Taka Posted 17 years ago
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Cultivating
People travel for the same reason as they collect works of art: because the best people do it. To have been to certain spots on the earth's surface is socially correct; and having been there, one is superior to those who have not. To justify this snobbery, a series of myths has gradually been elaborated. The places which it is socially smart to have visited are aureoled with glamour, till they are made to appear, for those who have not been there, like so many fabled Babylons and Bagdads.Those who have traveled have a personal interest in cultivating and disseeminating these fables.
What do you think the meaning of 'cultivating' here? Something closed to 'making them aureoled with glamour' or elaborating' as is mentioned in front?
What do you think the meaning of 'cultivating' here? Something closed to 'making them aureoled with glamour' or elaborating' as is mentioned in front?
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Taka What do you think the meaning of 'cultivating' here? It's almost a synonym for elaborating , used earlier in the text, or developing . It also has elements of encouraging -- encouraging people to continue believing the myths about travel.
- Taka What do you think the meaning of 'cultivating' here?
- It's almost a synonym for elaborating , used earlier in the text, or developing .
- It also has elements of encouraging -- encouraging people to continue believing the myths about travel.
- CJ
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TakaWhat do you think the meaning of 'cultivating' here?It's almost a synonym for elaborating, used earlier in the text, or developing. It also has elements of encouraging -- encouraging people to continue believing the myths about travel.
CJ
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Taka,
Forgive my lack of insight to understand the piece you have posted but I have to say this whole piece sounds as clear as a out of focus camera. One can only assume something is there but not sure what it is.... I am scratching my head trying to see what you had in mind precisely. Perhaps using simpler words and structures may make the paragraphy easier to understand.
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Forgive my lack of insight to understand the piece you have posted but I have to say this whole piece sounds as clear as a out of focus camera. One can only assume something is there but not sure what it is.... I am scratching my head trying to see what you had in mind precisely. Perhaps using simpler words and structures may make the paragraphy easier to understand.
People
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For your information, Goodman, it's from a work by Aldous Huxley.
And thanks for the reply, Jim! Just as I thought!
And thanks for the reply, Jim! Just as I thought!
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