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

your glance lingers idly at the advertisements of shipping and of songs on 

the outer pages�察�your air is the air of a leisured man�察�wealthy in time�察�of a 

man from some planet where there are a hundred and twenty´four hours a 

day instead of twenty´four。 I am an impassioned reader of newspapers。 I 

read five English and two French dailies�察�and the news´agents alone know 

how many weeklies�察�regularly。 I am obliged to mention this personal fact 

lest I should be accused of a prejudice against newspapers when I say that 

I object to the reading of newspapers in the morning train。 Newspapers are 

produced with rapidity�察�to be read with rapidity。 There is no place in my 

daily programme for newspapers。 I read them as I may in odd moments。 

But    I  do   read   them。    The   idea   of   devoting    to  them    thirty   or  forty 

consecutive   minutes   of   wonderful   solitude   ��for   nowhere   can   one   more 

perfectly   immerse   one's   self   in   one's   self   than   in   a   compartment   full   of 

silent�察�withdrawn�察�smoking males�� is to me repugnant。 I cannot possibly 

allow you to scatter priceless pearls of time with such Oriental lavishness。 

You   are   not   the   Shah   of   time。   Let   me   respectfully   remind   you   that   you 

have   no   more   time   than   I   have。   No   newspaper   reading   in   trains�   �I   have 

already ;put by; about three´quarters of an hour for use。 

     Now you reach your office。 And I abandon you there till six o'clock。 I 

am aware that you have nominally an hour ��often in reality an hour and a 

half�� in the midst of the day�察�less than half of which time is given to eating。 

But I will leave you all that to spend as you choose。 You may read your 

newspapers then。 

     I   meet   you   again   as   you   emerge   from   your   office。 You   are   pale   and 

tired。   At   any   rate�察  �your   wife  says   you   are  pale�察  �and   you  give   her  to 

understand   that   you   are   tired。   During   the   journey   home   you   have   been 

gradually working up the tired feeling。 The tired feeling hangs heavy over 



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the    mighty   suburbs      of  London      like  a   virtuous    and   melancholy       cloud�察�

particularly in winter。 You don't eat immediately on your arrival home。 But 

in   about   an   hour   or   so   you   feel   as   if   you   could   sit   up   and   take   a   little 

nourishment。 And   you   do。   Then   you   smoke�察  �seriously�察  �you   see   friends�察�

you potter�察�you play cards�察�you flirt with a book�察�you note that old age is 

creeping on�察�you take a stroll�察�you caress the piano。。。。 By Jove� �a quarter 

past eleven。 You then devote quite forty minutes to thinking about going to 

bed�察�and it is conceivable that you are acquainted with a genuinely good 

whisky。 At   last   you   go   to   bed�察  �exhausted   by   the   day's   work。   Six   hours�察�

probably   more�察  �have   gone   since   you   left   the   officegone   like   a   dream�察�

gone like magic�察�unaccountably gone� �

     That is a fair sample case。 But you say�此 �It's all very well for you to 

talk。 A man *is* tired。 A man must see his friends。 He can't always be on 

the stretch。; Just so。 But when you arrange to go to the theatre ��especially 

with a pretty woman�� what happens�拭�You rush to the suburbs�察�you spare 

no toil to make yourself glorious in fine raiment�察�you rush back to town in 

another train�察�you keep yourself on the stretch for four hours�察�if not five�察�

you     take   her   home�察   �you    take   yourself    home。     You    don't   spend    three´ 

quarters of an hour in ;thinking about; going to bed。 You go。 Friends and 

fatigue     have    equally    been    forgotten�察   �and    the  evening     has   seemed      so 

exquisitely long   ��or perhaps too short��� �And do   you remember   that  time 

when   you   were   persuaded   to   sing   in   the   chorus   of   the   amateur   operatic 

society�察�and slaved two hours every other night for three months�拭�Can you 

deny that when you have something definite to look forward to at eventide�察�

something that is to employ all your energythe thought of that something 

gives a glow and a more intense vitality to the whole day�拭�

     What   I   suggest   is   that   at   six   o'clock   you   look   facts   in   the   face   and 

admit that you are not tired ��because you are not�察�you know���察�and that you 

arrange your evening so that it is not cut in the middle by a meal。 By so 

doing   you   will   have   a   clear   expanse   of   at   least   three   hours。   I   do   not 

suggest   that   you   should   employ   three   hours   every   night   of   your   life   in 

using   up   your   mental   energy。   But   I   do   suggest   that   you       might�察  �for   a 

commencement�察�employ an hour and a half every other evening in some 

important   and   consecutive   cultivation   of   the   mind。 You   will   still   be   left 



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with    three   evenings     for   friends�察  �bridge�察  �tennis�察  �domestic     scenes�察   �odd 

reading�察�pipes�察�gardening�察�pottering�察�and prize competitions。 You will still 

have the terrific wealth of forty´five hours between 2 p。m。 Saturday and 10 

a。m。 Monday。 If you persevere you will soon want to pass four evenings�察�

and perhaps five�察�in some sustained endeavour to be genuinely alive。 And 

you will fall out of that habit of muttering to yourself at 11。15 p。m。�察 �Time 

to be thinking about going to bed。; The man who begins to go to bed forty 

minutes before he opens his bedroom door is bored�察�that is to say�察�he is not 

living。 

       But   remember�察  �at   the   start�察  �those   ninety   nocturnal   minutes   thrice   a 

week must be the most important minutes in the ten thousand and eighty。 

They  must be sacred�察�quite as sacred as a dramatic rehearsal or a tennis 

match。 Instead of saying�察 �Sorry I can't see you�察�old chap�察�but I have to run 

off to the tennis club�察─�you must say�察 ─�。。but I have to work。; This�察�I admit�察�

is   intensely   difficult   to  say。   Tennis    is  so  much     more    urgent   than   the 

immortal soul。 



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               VI REMEMBER HUMAN 

                                  NATURE 



     I   have   incidentally   mentioned   the   vast   expanse   of   forty´four   hours 

between leaving business at 2 p。m。 on Saturday and returning to business 

at   10   a。m。   on   Monday。 And   here   I   must   touch   on   the   point   whether   the 

week should consist of six days or of seven。 For many yearsin fact�察�until 

I   was   approaching   fortymy   own   week   consisted   of   seven   days。   I   was 

constantly being informed by older and wiser people that more work�察�more 

genuine living�察�could be got out of six days than out of seven。 

     And   it   is   certainly   true   that   now�察  �with   one   day   in   seven   in   which   I 

follow   no   programme   and   make   no   effort   save   what   the   caprice   of   the 

moment dictates�察�I appreciate intensely the moral value of a weekly rest。 

Nevertheless�察�had I my life to arrange over again�察�I would do again as I 

have done。 Only those who have lived at the full stretch seven days a week 

for   a  long   time   can   appreciate    the  full  beauty    of  a  regular   recurring 

idleness。 Moreover�察�I am ageing。 And it is a question of age。 In cases of 

abounding youth and exceptional energy and desire for effort I should say 

unhesitatingly�此�Keep going�察�day in�察�day out。 

     But in the average case I should say�此�Confine your formal programme 

��super´programme�察        �I  mean��    to  six  days   a  week。    If  you   find  yourself 

wishing to extend it�察�extend it�察�but   only in proportion to your wish�察  �and 

count the time extra as a windfall�察�not as regular income�察�so that you can 

return to a six´day  programme   without the sensation of being   poorer�察 �of 

being a backslider。 

     Let us now see where we stand。 So far we have marked for saving out 

of the waste of days�察�half an hour at least on six mornings a week�察�and one 

hour and a half on three evenings a week。 Total�察�seven hours and a half a 

week。 

       I   propose   to   be   content   with   that   seven   hours   and   a   half   for   the 

present。 ;What�拭─�you cry。 ;You pretend to show us how to live�察�and you 

only deal with seven hours and a half out of a hundred and sixty´eight� �Are 

you going to perform a miracle with your seven hours and a half�拭─�Well�察�



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