A lesson: Grab life while you can

By: Jim Elliott

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: May 18, 2026

Words: 765

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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“The young man walks by himself, fast but not fast enough, far but not far enough…he must catch the last subway, the streetcar, the bus, run up the gangplanks of all the steamboats, register at all the hotels, work in the cities, answer the want ads, learn the trades, take up the jobs, live in all the boardinghouses, sleep in all the beds. One bed is not enough, one job is not enough, one life …

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