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How admirable! to see lightning and not think life is fleeting.
How admirable
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LoL .... beautiful ....
I believe this to be a tongue in cheek comment. ....
He is saying that he admires any one who can see the raw naked power of lightening, which shines bright for a millisecond and is gone, without comparing it to the life of man, who in the scheme of things shines bright for a second and is gone.