The Romantic poets were the prototype ramblers and I've often found myself following in their footsteps – although perhaps not all of their footsteps since a typical walk for Samuel T. Coleridge might last two days and cover 145km.
I don't ever want to be a sentimentalist. I prefer to be a realist. I'm not a romantic really.
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The Southern whites are in many respects a great people. Looked at from a certain point of view they are picturesque. If one will put oneself in a romantic frame of mind one can admire their notions of chivalry and bravery and justice.