Amazing read. Hard to believe it was written more than a century ago: In addition, it must be remembered that the conditions of modern life tend to reduce

Amazing read. Hard to believe it was written more than a century ago: In addition, it must be remembered that the conditions of modern life tend to reduce our spiritual life to nothing, and bring about mental distractions to a degree that can hardly be surpassed. Ease of communication, frequency of journeys, the habit of going to the mountains, or the sea, all dissipate our thoughts. There is not even time to read. One lives a life that is full of excitement and yet, at the same time, empty.