Utopia

where in that world Utopia is situated. I would have gladly paid a moderate sum of money to have that not been left out. I am somewhat ashamed that I do not know in which sea the island lies, about which I recount so many things. Or, perhaps, because there are one or two among us, and one in particular, a pious man and a theologian by profession, who burns with a wonderful desire to visit Utopia. He is not driven by a vain and curious lust to look at new things, but rather to foster and increase our religion, which has happily begun there. So that he may do this rightly, he has decided to arrange beforehand that he be sent by the Pope, and indeed, that he be created Bishop of the Utopians. He is not at all deterred by the scruple that this bishopric must be obtained by prayers. Indeed, he considers it a holy ambition, which was produced not by any thought of honor or gain, but by a sense of piety. Wherefore I beg you, my Peter, that either in person, if you can conveniently, or in your absence by letter, you approach

A holy ambition.