{"id":20439,"date":"2025-11-12T00:52:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T06:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/?p=20439"},"modified":"2025-11-12T00:52:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T06:52:06","slug":"had-we-no-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/12\/had-we-no-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Had we no hope"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSCF4154.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSCF4154-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Indeed beyond the zenith and the slope\" class=\"wp-image-20440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSCF4154-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSCF4154-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSCF4154-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSCF4154-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSCF4154.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Indeed beyond the zenith and the slope<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSCF4156.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSCF4156-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Of yon gray blank of sky, we might be faint\" class=\"wp-image-20441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSCF4156-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSCF4156-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSCF4156-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSCF4156-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSCF4156.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Of yon gray blank of sky, we might be faint<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/C16A1290-98C2-438E-86FA-CA07795DEE51_1_105_c.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/C16A1290-98C2-438E-86FA-CA07795DEE51_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"To muse upon eternity\u2019s constraint\" class=\"wp-image-20443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/C16A1290-98C2-438E-86FA-CA07795DEE51_1_105_c.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/C16A1290-98C2-438E-86FA-CA07795DEE51_1_105_c-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/C16A1290-98C2-438E-86FA-CA07795DEE51_1_105_c-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">To muse upon eternity\u2019s constraint<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSCF4185.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSCF4185-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Round our aspirant souls. \u2014Elizabeth Barrett Browning\" class=\"wp-image-20444\" 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