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For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The… — Robert Louis Stevenson

Travel writing

For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.

Robert Louis Stevenson
1879
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Purpose of travelTravel
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Travel writing
Time
1879
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Robert Louis Stevenson
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Stevenson, Robert Louis. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes. Dover Publications, 2019.
Original citation
Stevenson, Robert Louis. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1879.

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