What I Saw in America - Annotated Author:G. K. Chesterton ?Let me begin my American impressions with two impressions I had before I went to America. One was an incident and the other an idea; and when taken together they illustrate the attitude I mean. The first principle is that nobody should be ashamed of thinking a thing funny because it is foreign; the second is that he should be ashamed of thinkin... more »g it wrong because it is funny.? (Gilbert Keith Chesterton)« less