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On Anything

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Long before I knew that the speech of men was misused by them and that they lied in the hearing of the gods perpetually, in those early days through which all men have passed, during which one believes what one is told, an old and crusty woman of great wealth, to whom I was describing what I intended to do with life (which in those days seemed to me of infinite duration), said to me, "You are building castles in Spain." I was too much in awe of this woman not on account of the wealth, but on account of the crust to go further into the matter, but it seemed to me a very foolish thing to say, for I had never been to Spain, and I had nothing wherewith to build a castle and indeed such a project had never passed through my head. -- Hilaire Belloc

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Chapters

Chapter 1
On Building Castles in Spain
10:20
Chapter 2
On Clay
09:50
Chapter 3
On No Book
06:25
Chapter 4
On Irony
08:53
Chapter 5
On the Simplicity of Words
11:09
Chapter 6
On Secluded Places
11:20
Chapter 7
On People in Books
13:41
Chapter 8
On the Effect of Time
14:31
Chapter 9
On a Poet
14:00
Chapter 10
On a Prophet
10:11
Chapter 11
On Believing
10:29
Chapter 12
On the Air of the Dordogne
09:23
Chapter 13
On the Sites of the Revolution
09:27
Chapter 14
On a Secret Letter
13:27
Chapter 15
On the Shadows
09:45
Chapter 16
On the Canvasser
11:12
Chapter 17
On the Abstracted Man
11:11
Chapter 18
On the Method of History
13:06
Chapter 19
On History in Travel
10:59
Chapter 20
On the Traveller
11:26
Chapter 21
On Milton
11:22
Chapter 22
On Hans Christian Anderson
08:35
Chapter 23
On the Christmas of 1808
07:49
Chapter 24
On Communications
12:25
Chapter 25
On Astarte
11:18
Chapter 26
On the Hungry Student
12:59
Chapter 27
On the Brigand of Radicofani
19:36
Chapter 28
On the Honest Man and the Devil
11:42
Chapter 29
On Compiegne
10:46
Chapter 30
On the Candour of Maturity
12:29
Chapter 31
On the Fog
13:23
Chapter 32
On the Spaniard
11:49
Chapter 33
On the Fortress
11:06
Chapter 34
On the Hunter
14:42
Chapter 35
On Our Inheritance
10:26
Chapter 36
On the New Road
11:52
Chapter 37
On Two Towns
12:44
Chapter 38
On the Judgment of Robspierre
12:09

On Anything

Chapters

On Building Castles in Spain

On Clay

On No Book

On Irony

On the Simplicity of Words

On Secluded Places

On People in Books

On the Effect of Time

On a Poet

On a Prophet

On Believing

On the Air of the Dordogne

On the Sites of the Revolution

On a Secret Letter

On the Shadows

On the Canvasser

On the Abstracted Man

On the Method of History

On History in Travel

On the Traveller

On Milton

On Hans Christian Anderson

On the Christmas of 1808

On Communications

On Astarte

On the Hungry Student

On the Brigand of Radicofani

On the Honest Man and the Devil

On Compiegne

On the Candour of Maturity

On the Fog

On the Spaniard

On the Fortress

On the Hunter

On Our Inheritance

On the New Road

On Two Towns

On the Judgment of Robspierre