Themes
Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
— Henry David Thoreau
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker argues that life is wasted on small details and urges paring it down to what matters. The repeated command 'simplify' works as both advice and protest, pressing for fewer distractions and a plainer, more deliberate way of living.
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