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I had made up my mind that when my vacation came I would spend it seeking adventures. I have always wished for adventures, but, though I am old enough -- I was twenty-five last October -- and have always gone half-way to meet them, adventures avoid me. Kinney says it is my fault.
He holds that if you want adventures you must go after them.