Yellowstone River at Myers Bridge, View Downstream

…. [“The valley is narrowing as we move toward the river’s source.
.... We’re also at a kind of beginning point in the things I’m discussing at which one can at last start to talk about Phædrus’ break from the mainstream of rational thought in pursuit of the ghost of rationality itself.
.... There was a passage he had read and repeated to himself so many times it survives intact. It begins:
.... In the temple of science are many mansions—and various indeed are they that dwell therein and the motives that have led them there. Many take to science out of a joyful sense of superior intellectual power; science is their own special sport to which they look for vivid experience and the satisfaction of ambition; … “ ]
…. many others are to be found in the temple who have offered the products of their brains on this altar for purely utilitarian purposes. Were an angel of the Lord to come and drive all the people belonging to these two categories out of the temple, it would be noticeably emptier but there would still be some men of both present and past times left inside . . . “ (Continued next.)
….Myers, MT. Note the low (rather shallow) river banks, and how relatively wide the river is. Contrary to what the Narrator says, the river has not noticeably gotten narrower, but this will be shown in the next and a later forth coming photo. Also note how the river’s smooth water here can be readily navigated here by a small boat. Then contrast with next picture downstream, showing more turbulence.

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