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what does bacon find ironic about diary-keeping and travel?

what does bacon find ironic about diary-keeping and travel?

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  1. In “Of Travel,” Francis Bacon wrote that during sea voyages when there is nothing to be seen but sky and sea, travelers keep diaries, but on land journeys, where there is so much to observe, they hardly even keep notes or write diary.

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