Quadrant, September 1st, 1998
City dwellers look at a limited sky. Looking upwards while traveling forwards is hazardous, in the city, and city people can rarely see the stars at night or birds by day. The most impressive sky sight is a rainbow, especially when seen in the country with their ends touching the horizon. Rainbows make people feel small, and that is good.
One of the many "hidden costs" paid by city dwellers is that they so seldom can command a great, generous over-arching sweep of the sky, stretching away over the earth to touch the horizon in every direction. True, there are spots in most cities where a reas...
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