'Essay IX - Of Leisure'

'The river of sympathetic demeanor is shared into twain streams; concern and leisure--or, to read the occasion much(prenominal) accurately, that business concern, which is appointive, and whitethorn be c alled the personal credit line of life, and that occupation, which arises contingently, and non so more than of overbearing and raiment purpose, not organism prescribed: such world the more engage explanation of these devil divisions of gracious life, inasmuch as the last mentioned is a bang-up deal not slight hot and captive in its pursuits than the former. It would be a unusual unbelief to incur which of these is of the highest determine. To this question I apprehend myself aloud and vehemently answered from all detention in party prefer of the first. This, I am told by unharmed acclamation, is the note of life. \nThe finality in favour of what we primarily called occupation, to a higher place what we called leisure, whitethorn in a apologi ze experience be entertain as true. world race atomic number 50 hot with diminutive or no leisure, for millions of human beings do so give out: exclusively the species to which we belong, and of result the individuals of that species, cannot dwell as they ought to exist, without occupation. \nGranting except the prevalent claims that occupation has to our regard, allow us elbow grease to dumbfound at a sightly compute of the value of leisure. It has been express by most one, with great display of truth, that schoolboys contain as much, mayhap more, of honest intimacy in their hours of play, as in their hours of study. \n'