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“No sir, the tragedy of man is boredom, sir—boredom!” the Captain said. “A man can only do a given thing so many times with freshness and spirit—then, no matter what it is, it becomes like an office task.
Courage would not keep a warrior alive for long if courage was not backed up by judgment.
Buffalo Hump wanted to see the ocean because the ocean would always be as it was. Few things could stay forever in the way they were when the spirits made them.
The ocean and the stars were eternal, things whose power and mystery were greater than the powers of men.
“I suppose she’s just dying of living—that’s the one infection that strikes us all down, sooner or later.”
When he felt disturbances in his life, as all men would, Famous Shoes tried to go back to one of the simple places, the places of rock and sky, to steady himself and grow calm again.
