"You have been bitten by the travel bug, which is very suitable for your time of life, and is a passion akin to falling in love, or fighting an idealistic war, or becoming disillusioned with the world, and other postures of the young."

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“I’ll follow the reedy tenor of his excuses and blast them with the bellowy bass of irrefutable logic!”

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