Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.

Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad (1869), Vol. II, Conclusion.

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  1. Sarah – it’s funny you posted this. I saw this come across my FB feed and saved it.

    xo Momma

    On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 12:41 PM, The Magdalene’s Call wrote:

    > Sarah Syer posted: “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and > narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. > Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by > vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifeti” >

  2. Thanks Sarah ​

    On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 1:41 PM, The Magdalene’s Call wrote:

    > Sarah Syer posted: “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and > narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. > Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by > vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifeti” >

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