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Surely one advantage of traveling is that, while it removes much prejudice against foreigners and their customs, it intensifies tenfold one's appreciation of the good at home.
Isabella Bird
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Isabella Bird
Age: 73 †
Born: 1831
Born: January 1
Died: 1904
Died: January 1
Explorer
Geographer
Naturalist
Photographer
Writer
Boroughbridge
Yorkshire
Author of The Englishwoman in America
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Prejudice
Intensifies
Travel
Removes
Advantage
Foreigners
Home
Traveling
Much
Customs
Good
Remove
Surely
Appreciation
Tenfold
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