Nothing can be more improving to a young naturalist, than a journey in distant countries.
In plain words
Nothing teaches a young scientist more than going somewhere new.
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- The Voyage of the Beagle, 1st ed. 1839, closing chapter, p. 607.
- The Voyage of the Beagle
- 1839
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