regardless of wars
rumours of wars and the rise
and fall of nations
The Ojibways are probably the most numerous of the tribes that roam the vast Hinterland north of the fifty-first parallel; and regardless of wars, rumours of wars, and the rise and fall of nations, oblivious of the price of eggs, champagne, and razor blades, they wander the length and breadth of the land, which, with the one proviso of game being in plenty, is at once to them a kingdom and a paradise.
They overcome with apparent ease the almost insuperable difficulties incidental to a life in this land of violent struggle for existence.
By a process of elimination, the result of many generations of experience, they have arrived at a system of economy of effort, a reserving of power for emergencies, and an almost infallible skill in the detection of the weak points in Nature’s armour, that makes for the highest degree of efficiency.
From The Men of the Last Frontier by Grey Owl (Archibald Belaney) (1888-1938), Charles Scribners and Sons, New York, 1932.
What is the price of civilazation?
Take into regard of wars, rumours of wars …
the rise and fall of nations.
Pay attention to the price of eggs, champagne, and razor blades.
Stay in one place with the one proviso there is a Meijer or a Walmart filled with plenty.
This is at once to us, a kingdom and a paradise?
Something got lost in translation somewhere.
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