There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a while.
I think there's a great beauty to having problems. That's one of the ways we learn.
Logan was talking about the Civil War, which claimed the lives of more than 500,000 Americans. He wanted to provide Civil War veterans with a day to pay respects to their fellow soldiers who did not live to see the end of the war, without losing a day's pay.