A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.
G. K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man, 1925
With all due respect to Chesterton, while living things can go against the flow I think it takes something else entirely to climb out of the stream altogether. Not brains necessarily, nor physical strength. I'm having trouble pinning it down, but there must be something.
The preceding paragraphs were written several months ago... Upon re-reading then, the most likely candidate is Sanctifying Grace. Which means that my tag line probably needs significant readjustment.
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