If you will carefully observe any map of the world that is divided into inches at so many miles to the inch, you will be surprised as you calculate the distance between that enchanting Paris of France and the third-precinct police-station of Washington, D. C, which is not enchanting. It is several thousand miles.
Already I have put forth the casual observation that from Paris to the third-precinct police-station in Washington is several thousand miles. And why shouldn't he have been glad?