Flandry to Persis:
"'...here's a job I'm fitted for, that serves a purpose. If I don't take it, what meaning has life got?'"
-CHAPTER EIGHTEEN, p. 190.
The job is Intelligence. Flandry has to be active. Defending the Empire is a purpose. We are all different.
My meaning of life has not depended on a job. I would have been fitted for academic work but now strongly suspect that life in an ivory tower would have been a bad idea. Jobs have been only a means to a livelihood and, fortunately, a comfortable pension. Meditation and understanding, which I value, have come from outside work although one teaching job did contribute to understanding.
Flandry's preferred career suits him. If I were alive in his era, then I would be on Terra trying to understand life and probably involved in sociopolitical activities that are not mentioned in Flandry's narratives.
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Kaor, Paul!
I agree, Intelligence work suited Flandry's abilities and personality. Also, defending the Empire was a worthy cause, despite its faults.
How about working as an analyst for Naval Intelligence? (Smiles)
Ad astra! Sean
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