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Robert Louis Stevenson

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.

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The author emphasizes that the purpose of traveling is not about reaching a specific destination but about the experience of movement itself. He values the act of traveling as an end in itself, finding meaning in the journey rather than the arrival.

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