THE SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE
'Britain needs a' renewal in its young men and women of that willingness to undertake adventure and seek romance in the far-off lands that was kuch a pronounced feature of the British character two or three centuries ago, so Mr Gordon Selridge, a-well-known London merchant,' told the Individualist Society the other day. “Willingness to . adventure is a philosophy rather than a- condition of geography, and if properly encouraged the young men of Britain can still build into their lives, and some are doing so, fascinating romances and achievements.' They are overcoming obstacles and need not go to foreign shores to do so. When a young man in America applies for a post he asks what is the chance of working up, and that is of more importance to him than the immediate wage. I should like to see that feeling permeate the wage earning classes of Great Britain.” Mr Selfridge added that the opinion among the people with whom he was associated was that there was no fun like work. “You liaviei to look at the happy faces of people who really enjoy work to realise that. The difference between work And play is purely a matter of definition.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 July 1929, Page 5
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203THE SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE Hokitika Guardian, 3 July 1929, Page 5
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