Idleness and Work (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Idleness and Work In some moods there are few things more irritating than a panegyric of work and a denunciation of idleness; for to workers it seems like beating the air so far as they are concerned. They are inclined to think that those who speak most eloquently in praise of work, as if labor were a luxury, are usually people who know little of its burden. Still there is no subject which has more right to be considered, since there is no single subject which fills so large a space in the lives of most. We may object that we have no choice in the matter, and no need for encouragement or reproof. We at least have the spur of necessity, which would soon prick our side if we tried to dispense with what is our lot. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.