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Although age has its normal limits, it may be extended by two things-the study of history and by travel. Reading history broadens one's perception of the creation of the world, while travel extends one's field of vision.

— Mahmud Tarzi A Book of Travel to Three Continents (Translated from Dahri) (1914)

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