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.

Francis Bacon

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Topic

Travel

Author

Francis Bacon

Source

Of Travel Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral

Medium

Essay

Genre

Travel writing

Language

English

Time

1625 1620s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Occupation

Philosopher Politician Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Bacon, Francis "Of Travel." Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall. London: John Haviland, 1625.

Current Citation

Bacon, Francis. "Essays, or Counsels, Civil and Moral (1625): Of Travel." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Bacon, Francis. Novum Organum. London: John Beale, 1620, bk. 1, no. 3.

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Happy is he who, like Ulysses, has made a glorious voyage.

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Medium
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Language
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Time
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Original Citation

Du Bellay, Joachim. "Heureux qui, comme Ulysse, a fait un beau voyage." Les Regrets. Paris: Fédéric Morel, 1558.

Current Citation

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Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.

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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 3, sc. 1.

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