Utopia

it will be easy to remedy this ailment if you inquire of Raphael himself, either in person or by letter. This you must do, if only because of another scruple that has occurred to us—though I do not know if it is more my fault, or yours, or Raphael’s own. For it did not enter our minds to ask, nor his to say, in what part of that new world Utopia is situated. I would truly have paid a fair sum of money to have that not been omitted. I am ashamed to not know in which sea the island is located, about which I am recounting so many things. Furthermore, there are one or two among us, especially one, a pious man and by profession a theologian, who burns with a wonderful desire to visit Utopia. He is not driven by an idle or curious lust for sightseeing, but rather by the wish to foster and increase our religion, which has happily begun there. To ensure he does this correctly, he has decided to first arrange to be sent by the Pope, and indeed to be created Bishop of the Utopians. He is not deterred by the concern that he must secure this appointment through petitions. He considers it a holy ambition Holy ambition. that arises not from a desire for honor or gain, but from a concern for piety. Therefore, I beg you, my dear Peter, to approach Hythlodaeus, either in person if you can conveniently do so, or if not, by letter, and ensure that nothing false is included in this work of mine, nor anything true left out.