"A French author has advanced this seeming paradox, that very few men know how to take a walk; and, indeed, it is true, that few know how to take a walk with a prospect of any other pleasure, than the same company would have afforded them at home."
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"He that enlarges his curiosity after the works of nature, demonstrably multiplies the inlets to happiness;"
Samuel Johnson
The Rambler, 5
As I have grown busier in life, and more distracted, I have missed the simple, restorative joys of a good walk (one where my awareness was focused on my surroundings) and a deeper awareness and acquaintance with nature.
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