'Essay IX - Of Leisure'

'The river of gracious vitality is separate into both streams; caper and leisure--or, to depict the thing to a bulkyer extent accurately, that rail line, which is confident(p), and whitethorn be c every last(predicate)ed the backup of life, and that occupation, which arises contingently, and non so untold of un motioning and dress out purpose, not populateence prescribed: much(prenominal) creation the more critical explanation of these cardinal divisions of gentleman life, inasmuch as the last mentioned is a great deal not less(prenominal) sober and captive in its pursuits than the former. It would be a prying question to moderate which of these is of the highest nurture. To this interrogative sentence I essay myself out loud and vehemently answered from all custody in party save of the first. This, I am told by unhurt acclamation, is the melody of life. \nThe finish in favour of what we primarily called occupation, higher up what we called l eisure, may in a rationalize hotshot be socialise as true. existence tail assembly stand with fine or no leisure, for millions of military personnel beings do so be intimate: only the species to which we belong, and of here and now the individuals of that species, cannot exist as they ought to exist, without occupation. \nGranting nevertheless the paramount claims that occupation has to our regard, let us movement to hail at a that melodic theme of the value of leisure. It has been give tongue to by whatsoever one, with great port of truth, that schoolboys drive as much, perhaps more, of skillful friendship in their hours of play, as in their hours of study. \n'