Literary texts of disparate historical and social contexts commonly encompass the concept of discovery through the significance of an unprecedented setting and the transformative progress of redemption through the revaluation of entrenched values and morals. ... Though Bacon's essay is almost a cautionary device for young male aristocrats advising them against the repercussions of the journey, he persuades his readers through the imperative prose to, 'go hooded, and look abroad little.' ...

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