also, if we want to further analyze what we're seeing here... I dunno, why not? The closing remark drops off with no punctuation. Intentional? If so, interesting to imagine where the sentence will carry on next, since it has not ended yet. Will it live forever? If not intentional, it points to the emotional state of the writer, one I can uniquely understand. He has emptied himself of all feeling in a crashing wave of words, buzzing on a different frequency. A buzz that will remain with him for about a week, I would guess. This can explain a tiny lapse of care for punctuation at a critical place in the article.

be stouthearted, like an oaken ploughrod that splits the earth under the hot sun so that babes and women can be fed and not weep in doubt and hunger.

or just be strong :)