...as it required only thirty or forty days in a year to support one. The laborer's day ;nds with the going down of the sun, and he is then free to devote...experience, that to maintain one's self on this earth, ie not a hardship, but a pastime, if we will live simply and wisely, as the pursuits of the simpler...

...as it required only thirty or forty days in a year to support one. The laborer's day ends with the going down of the sun, and he is then free to devote himself to his chosen pursuit, independei^t of his labor ; but his employer, who speculates from month to month, has no respite from...

...or forty days' work to support a man for the whole year. Besides, the labourer's day ends with the going down of the sun, and he is then free to devote himself to his chosen pursuit ; but his employer, who speculates from month to month, has no respite from one end of the year to...

...illustration in the description of the " Thoreau corner " in the Antiquarian House. "In short," he says, " I am convinced, both by faith and experience, that...this earth is not a hardship but a pastime, if we live simply and wisely." He is very careful to add, " I would not have any one adopt my mode of living...

...old people tell you you cannot do, you try and find you can." And his conclusion is : "I am convinced that to maintain one's self on this earth is not a...hardship but a pastime if we will live simply and wisely ; the pursuits of simpler nations are still the sports of the more artificial." When Thoreau had had...

...learnt by his experiment two great lessons concerning the practical life and the spiritual. First, " that to maintain one's self on this earth is not a...but a pastime, if we will live simply and wisely," it being his own experience that he could meet all the expenses of the year by six weeks of work. Secondly',...

...as it required only thirty or forty days in a year to support one. The laborer's day ends with the going down of the sun, and he is then free to devote...month, has no respite from one end of the year to the other. (Jn short, I am convinced, both by faith and experience, that to maintain one's self on...

...as it required only thirty or forty days in a year to support one. The laborer's day ends with the going down of the sun, and he is then free to devote...his employer, who speculates from month to month, lias no respite from one end of the year to the other. In short, I am convinced, both by faith and...

...alternative of a greater simplicity of life," and quotes Thoreau as saying, " I am convinced, botli by faith and experience, that to maintain one's self...but a pastime, if we will live simply and wisely." Mr. Higginson further says, "The popular contempt for cheapness perhaps reached its climax where a...

...to work twice as hard as they do, — work till they pay for themselves and get their free papers. I am convinced both by faith and experience that to...but a pastime, if we will live simply and wisely. Books are the treasured wealth of the world, and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. I...