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Study until twenty-five, investigation until forty, profession
until sixty, at which age I would have him retired on a read more
Study until twenty-five, investigation until forty, profession
until sixty, at which age I would have him retired on a double
allowance.
How many a rustic Milton has passed by,
Stifling the speechless longings of his heart,
In unremitting read more
How many a rustic Milton has passed by,
Stifling the speechless longings of his heart,
In unremitting drudgery and care!
How many a vulgar Cato has compelled
His energies, no longer tameless then,
To mould a pin, or fabricate a nail!
Never idle a moment, but thrifty and thoughtful of others.
Never idle a moment, but thrifty and thoughtful of others.
Man is born to work and prosper and not to rest and rust.
Man is born to work and prosper and not to rest and rust.
A woman's work, grave sirs, is never done.
A woman's work, grave sirs, is never done.
Each natural agent works but to this end,--
To render that it works on like itself.
Each natural agent works but to this end,--
To render that it works on like itself.
How bething the, gentliman,
How Adam dalf, and Eve span.
How bething the, gentliman,
How Adam dalf, and Eve span.
Who first invented work, and bound the free
And holyday-rejoicing spirit down . . .
To that read more
Who first invented work, and bound the free
And holyday-rejoicing spirit down . . .
To that dry drudgery at the desk's dead wood? . . .
Sabbathless Satan!
