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 complete image that they are likely to retain, and upon which they can build further knowledge. There is also the object of creating sympathy, and consequent breadth of mind. The travelled person is always a man of wider culture and sympathy, than is the same man if he should stay at home and never come in contact with any other mode of living or thought than that in which he was born. This creating of sympathy with other people is of extreme importance in a country like ours, which is constantly being recruited by foreign peoples. We are far too apt to under-rate these newcomers, and to think that we are offering them all and receiving nothing in return. As a matter of fact there are no people who come to us but have some gift or contribution that they can make to the general welfare and pleasure.