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Truman Angell's avatar

T.R. noted that the strenuous life was the healthy one. But he said that in a time when the true darkness of night could be seen and true silence heard. Where can we now find respite from the modern strenuous day, a day filled with unrelenting barks and rages by digital dogs?

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Sam Alaimo's avatar

Maybe by finding the true darkness and implementing true silence once again despite the "digital dogs". The difference between now and TRs time is that we have a choice in the matter - by virtue of being voluntary, we may have the chance to be more strenuous, more disciplined, more useful than those who came before us. For my part, that is what I believe and hope

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Erik Hogan's avatar

This puts into words what I have felt for a very long time. It's why I get a deep feeling of contentment by backpacking challenging myself in the wilderness!

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Sam Alaimo's avatar

I couldn't agree more. Maybe in a few thousand years we will evolve a hardship immune system, but in the meantime, time spent in the wild is my salvation as well.

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Truman Angell's avatar

Amen. Let us then, with God's grace, do our duty.

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