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Canada is not really a place where you are encouraged to have large spiritual adventures.
— Robertson Davies · The Enthusiasms of Robertson Davies
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker claims that large spiritual adventures receive little encouragement in Canada. The cautious opening, 'not really', softens a broad judgment about a place. Its dry tone comes from describing an expansive kind of inner exploration as something the surroundings do little to encourage.
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