Here’s a whimsical narrative poem by Robert Frost, that challenges us, in a gentle way, to think again about what the really good business in life is — making money, getting a decent farm going, or looking at things? The semi-comical “hero” in the poem, if he’s a hero at all, would rather look at stars through a telescope than do anything else. Is he …
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