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   From: proto@panix.com   
      
   In article ,   
    Robert Bannister  wrote:   
      
   > Another point is the "invention" of touring for pleasure. The   
   > early-1800s saw the beginnings of the tourist guide or handbook, to the   
   > point where Murry and later Baedeker became everyday words by the   
   > mid-1800s. People flocked to places that had been unreachable before the   
   > train except by arduous means.   
      
   There were German tourists in Rome in Reformation -- Counter   
   Reformation time.   
      
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   Never attribute to stupidity that which can be explained by greed. Me.   
      
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