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Some things we do because we choose to. Others we do because we have to. Time brings them round, quickly or slowly, regularly or irregularly, but dependably. Think of them as assignments.
Sleep. One third of our lives (⅓ x three score years and ten=…) Single-episode mini-dramas, interspersed with oblivion. Pull an all-nighter, see how badly you need it.
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Historian Richard Brookhiser is a senior editor of National Review and a senior fellow at the National Review Institute.
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Some things we do because we choose to. Others we do because we have to. Time brings them round, quickly or slowly, regularly or irregularly, but dependably. Think of them as assignments.
Sleep. One third of our lives (⅓ x three score years and ten=…) Single-episode mini-dramas, interspersed with oblivion. Pull an all-nighter, see how badly you need it.
About the Author
Historian Richard Brookhiser is a senior editor of National Review and a senior fellow at the National Review Institute.
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