"To get away from one's working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one's self; and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change."

Charles Horton Cooley, American Sociologist

Change, Travel, Environment, Self

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"To get away from one's working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one's self; and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change."

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