You might enjoy the 'Two ways of seeing a river' passage [0] from Mark Twain's _Life on the Mississippi_ which treats the same idea. [0] I could not find the p

You might enjoy the 'Two ways of seeing a river' passage [0] from Mark Twain's _Life on the Mississippi_ which treats the same idea. [0] I could not find the passage in Project Gutenberg's copy, though I found it reproduced here https://www.thoughtco.com/two-ways-of-seeing-a-river-by-mark-twain-1688773 https://www.thoughtco.com/two-ways-of-seeing-a-river-by-mark...