People
We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and, when got, the repose is insupportable.
— Henry Brooks Adams
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
This notes an irony of effort: we fight through obstacles to earn rest, and once we finally have it, it's unbearable. The speaker suggests struggle and calm are tangled together, and that peace can feel intolerable once the fight is gone.
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