Why should we live with such hurry and waste of life? We are determined to be starved before we are hungry. Men say that a stitch in time saves nine, and so they take a thousand stitches to-day to save nine tomorrow. As for work, we haven't any of any... Modern English Prose - Page 373edited by - 1904 - 481 pagesFull view - About this book
| Henry David Thoreau - 1882 - 278 pages
...sleepers down and level in their beds as it is, for this is a sign that they may sometime get up agajn. Why should we live with such hurry and waste of life?...stitches to-day to save nine to-morrow/ (As for work, we have n't any of any consequence. We have the Saint Yitus' dance, and cannot possibly keep our heads... | |
| Henry David Thoreau - 1890 - 174 pages
..., .««-1 in affair*. \ urr an d waste O f lif e ? \Ve are me wasted J Why should we live with such determined to be starved before we are hungry. Men...a thousand stitches to-day to save nine to-morrow. WALDEN, p. 100. sent a man to Khoung-tseu to know his news. Khoung-Tseu caused the messenger to be... | |
| Peter Anderson Graham - 1891 - 226 pages
...heresy of work.' Nothing is more typical of his doctrine than the following passage from Walden : ' Men say that a stitch in time saves nine and so they...to-morrow. As for work we haven't any of any consequence.' How to extract the maximum of enjoyment out of life with a minimum of exertion is not a problem that... | |
| Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 550 pages
...keep the sleepers down and level in their beds as it is, for this is a sign that they may sometime get up again. Why should we live with such hurry and...stitches to-day to save nine to-morrow. As for work, we have n't any of any consequence. We have the Saint Vitus' dance, and cannot possibly keep our heads... | |
| Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 536 pages
...keep the sleepers down and level in their beds as it is, for this is a sign that they may sometime get up again. Why should we live with such hurry and...a thousand stitches to-day to save nine to-morrow. ItsTfor work, we havo n'* any nf any consequence. We have the Saint Vitus' dance, and cannot possibly... | |
| Henry David Thoreau - 1897 - 348 pages
...keep the sleepers down and level in their beds as it is, for this is a sign that they may sometime get up again. Why should we live with such hurry and...? We are ' determined to be starved before we are 1 Hungry. Men say that a stitch in time saves nine, and so they take a thousand stitches to-day to... | |
| george rice carpenter - 1898 - 498 pages
...keep the sleepers down and level in their beds as it is, for this is a sign that they may sometime get up again. Why should we live with such hurry and...work, we haven't any of any consequence. We have the Saint Vitus' dance, and cannot possibly keep our heads still. If I should only give a few pulls at... | |
| George Rice Carpenter - 1898 - 494 pages
...keep the sleepers down and level in their beds as it is, for this is a sign that they may sometime get up again. Why should we live with such hurry and...work, we haven't any of any consequence. We have the Saint Virus' dance, and cannot possibly keep our heads still. If I should only give a few pulls at... | |
| Henry David Thoreau - 1899 - 386 pages
...keep the sleepers down and level in their beds as it is, for this is a sign that they may sometime get up 'again. Why should we live with such hurry...work, we haven't any of any consequence. We have the Saint Vitus' dance, and cannot possibly keep our heads still. If I should only give a few pulls at... | |
| Josephus Nelson Larned - 1901 - 518 pages
...whether they do or not; but whether we should live like baboons or like men, is a little uncertain. . . . Why should we live with such hurry and waste of life...stitches to-day to save nine to-morrow. As for work, we have n't any of any consequence. We have the Saint Vitus' dance, and cannot possibly keep our heads... | |
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