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week。 It won't。 It will be colder。 

     But before you begin�察�let me murmur a few words of warning in your 

private ear。 

       Let   me   principally   warn   you   against   your   own   ardour。   Ardour   in 

well´doing is a misleading and a treacherous thing。 It cries out loudly for 

employment�察  �you   can't   satisfy   it   at   first�察  �it   wants   more   and   more�察  �it   is 

eager to move mountains and divert the course of rivers。 It isn't content till 

it perspires。 And then�察�too often�察�when it feels the perspiration on its brow�察�

it   wearies   all   of   a   sudden   and   dies�察  �without   even   putting   itself   to   the 

trouble of saying�察 �I've had enough of this。; 

     Beware of undertaking too much at the start。 Be content with quite a 

little。 Allow for accidents。 Allow for human nature�察�especially your own。 

     A failure or so�察�in itself�察�would not matter�察�if it did not incur a loss of 

self´   esteem   and   of   self´confidence。   But   just   as   nothing   succeeds   like 

success�察  �so   nothing   fails   like   failure。   Most   people   who   are   ruined   are 

ruined by attempting too much。 Therefore�察�in setting out on the immense 



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enterprise   of   living   fully   and   comfortably   within   the   narrow   limits   of 

twenty´four hours a day�察�let us avoid at any cost the risk of an early failure。 

I will not agree that�察�in this business at any rate�察�a glorious failure is better 

than a petty success。 I am all for the petty success。 A glorious failure leads 

to nothing�察�a petty success may lead to a success that is not petty。 

     So let us begin to examine the budget of the day's time。 You say your 

day   is   already   full   to   overflowing。   How�拭�You   actually   spend   in   earning 

your livelihoodhow much�拭�Seven hours�察�on the average�拭�And in actual 

sleep�察�seven�拭�I will add two hours�察�and be generous。 And I will defy you to 

account to me on the spur of the moment for the other eight hours。 



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                 IV THE CAUSE OF THE 

                               TROUBLES 



     In order to come to grips at once with the question of time´expenditure 

in all its actuality�察�I must choose an individual case for examination。 I can 

only deal with one case�察�and that case cannot be the average case�察�because 

there is no such case as the average case�察�just as there is no such man as 

the average man。 Every man and every man's case is special。 

       But if I take the case of a Londoner who works in an office�察�whose 

office hours are from ten to six�察�and who spends fifty minutes morning and 

night in travelling between his house door and his office door�察�I shall have 

got as near to the average as facts permit。 There are men who have to work 

longer for a living�察�but there are others who do not have to work so long。 

     Fortunately the financial side of existence does not interest us here�察�for 

our present purpose the clerk at a pound a week is exactly as well off as 

the millionaire in Carlton House´terrace。 

     Now the great and profound mistake which my typical man makes in 

regard to his day is a mistake of general attitude�察�a mistake which vitiates 

and   weakens   two´thirds   of   his   energies   and   interests。   In   the   majority   of 

instances he does not precisely feel a passion for his business�察�at best he 

does   not   dislike   it。   He   begins   his   business   functions   with   reluctance�察  �as 

late   as   he   can�察  �and   he   ends   them   with   joy�察  �as   early   as   he   can。 And   his 

engines while he is engaged in his business are seldom at their full ;h。p。; 

��I   know   that   I   shall   be   accused   by   angry   readers   of   traducing   the   city 

worker�察�but I am pretty thoroughly acquainted with the City�察�and I stick to 

what I say。�� 

     Yet in spite of all this he persists in looking upon those hours from ten 

to   six   as   ;the   day�察─  �to   which   the   ten   hours   preceding   them   and   the   six 

hours   following   them  are   nothing   but   a   prologue   and   epilogue。   Such   an 

attitude�察�

     unconscious though it be�察�of course kills his interest in the odd sixteen 

hours�察 �with   the   result   that�察  �even   if   he   does   not   waste  them�察  �he   does   not 

count them�察�he regards them simply as margin。 



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     This general attitude is utterly illogical and unhealthy�察�since it formally 

gives the central prominence to a patch of time and a bunch of activities 

which the man's one idea is to ;get through; and have ;done with。; If a 

man makes two´thirds of his existence subservient to one´third�察�for which 

admittedly   he   has   no   absolutely   feverish   zest�察  �how   can   he   hope   to   live 

fully and completely�拭�He cannot。 

     If my typical man wishes to live fully and completely he must�察�in his 

mind�察�arrange a day within a day。 And this inner day�察�a Chinese box in a 

larger Chinese box�察�must begin at 6 p。m。 and end at 10 a。m。 It is a day of 

sixteen hours�察�and during all these sixteen hours he has nothing whatever 

to do but cultivate his body and his soul and his fellow men。 During those 

sixteen   hours   he   is   free�察  �he   is   not   a   wage´earner�察  �he   is   not   preoccupied 

with monetary cares�察�he is just as good as a man with a private income。 

This must be his attitude。 And his attitude is all important。 His success in 

life   ��much     more    important     than    the  amount      of  estate   upon    what    his 

executors will have to pay estate duty�� depends on it。 

     What�拭�You say that full energy given to those sixteen hours will lessen 

the value of the business eight�拭�Not so。 On the contrary�察�it will assuredly 

increase the value of the business eight。 One of the chief things which my 

typical   man   has   to   learn   is   that   the   mental   faculties   are   capable   of   a 

continuous   hard   activity�察  �they   do   not   tire   like   an   arm   or   a   leg。 All   they 

want is changenot rest�察�except in sleep。 

     I shall now examine the typical man's current method of employing the 

sixteen   hours   that   are   entirely   his�察  �beginning   with   his   uprising。   I   will 

merely indicate things which he does and which I think he ought not to do�察�

postponing   my   suggestions   for   ;planting;   the   times   which   I   shall   have 

clearedas a settler clears spaces in a forest。 

     In justice to him I must say that he wastes very little time before he 

leaves the house in the morning at 9。10。 In too many houses he gets up at 

nine�察�breakfasts between 9。7 and 9。9 1/2�察�and then bolts。 But immediately 

he   bangs   the   front   door   his   mental   faculties�察  �which   are   tireless�察  �become 

idle。 He walks to the station in a condition of mental coma。 Arrived there�察�

he   usually   has   to   wait   for   the   train。   On   hundreds   of   suburban   stations 

every morning you see men calmly strolling up and down platforms while 



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railway   companies   unblushingly   rob   them   of   time�察  �which   is   more   than 

money。   Hundreds   of   thousands   of   hours   are   thus   lost   every   day   simply 

because my typical man thinks so little of time that it has never occurred 

to him to take quite easy precautions against the risk of its loss。 

     He has a solid coin of time to spend every daycall it a sovereign。 He 

must get change for it�察�and in getting change he is content to lose heavily。 

     Supposing   that   in   selling   him   a   ticket   the   company   said�察   �We   will 

change you a sovereign�察�but we shall charge you three halfpence for doing 

so�察─  �what   would   my   typical   man   exclaim�拭  �Yet   that   is   the   equivalent   of 

what the company does when it robs him of five minutes twice a day。 

     You say I am dealing with minutiae。 I am。 And later on I will justify 

myself。 

     Now will you kindly buy your paper and step into the train�拭�



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                     V TENNIS AND THE 

                     IMMORTAL SOUL 



     You get into the morning train with your newspaper�察�and you calmly 

and   majestically   give   yourself   up   to   your   newspaper。 You   do   not   hurry。 

You know you have at least half an hour of security in front of you。 As 

your glance lingers i
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