Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a p…

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Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth into a country before he hath some entrance into the language, goeth to school, and not to travel. ✨ 'Essays' (1625) 'Of Travel'
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