Some minds improve by travel, others, rather Resemble copper wire…

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

Thomas Hood

1845

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Learning from travel Effects of travel Travel

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1845

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Thomas Hood

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

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