Eternal Departure

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And under them all, the oldest shape of all: the departure into the unknown and the return changed — the hero's journey written as real geography. From Odysseus and the pilgrim of the West to the explorer, the treasure-hunter, the traveller, and the wanderer of the open road, it is one restless human story, told for as long as there have been horizons: the going out, and the coming home. — comparative literature