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A species of thick clothing slowly grows about the mind, the pores are choked, little habits become a part of existence, and by degrees the mind is inclosed in a husk.
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Extreme busyness, whether at school or college, kirk or market, is a symptom of deficient vitality
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Now, to be properly enjoyed, a walking tour should be gone upon alone.
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There is nothing that we can properly call our own but our time, and yet every body fools us out of it that has a mind to it.
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Our fires are damped, our drafts are checked. We are making use of only a small part of our possible mental and physical resources.
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All other work but this is worthless; it is slaves’ work—mere toiling to live, that we may live to toil.