Learning from travel

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So it is in travelling; a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.

Samuel Johnson

Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, by James Boswell

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Topic

Learning from travel Travel

Speaker

Samuel Johnson

Author

James Boswell

Source

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D

Genre

Biography

Language

English

Time

1776 1770s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Original Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 17 Apr. 1776.

Current Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.

When a traveller returneth home, let him not leave the countries where he hath travelled altogether behind him.

Francis Bacon

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Topic

Learning from travel 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

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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.

Some minds improve by travel, others, rather
Resemble copper wire, or brass,
Which gets the narrower by going farther!

Thomas Hood

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Topic

Learning from travel Effects of travel Travel

Author

Thomas Hood

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1845 1840s 19th century

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Citation

Hood, Thomas. "Ode to Rae Wilson, Esquire." Athenæum, 12 Aug. 1837.