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Because we are subjugating nature and living somewhat at ease, are we therefore materialistic or, as Carlyle will have it, swinish? Rather were we such in being slaves, as swine are, to the grosser elements of nature. Because we are living rapidly and richly are we therefore reckless? Rather were we lumpish in not learning the secrets that govern time and space. Because the work time diminishes and the play time increases, and even work, with some wise souls, is becoming a sort of play, are we therefore frivolous and spendthrift? Rather a thou sand times spendthrift were we in wasting and abus ing this gift of life in hard, dismal labor, unblessed by a glimpse of the paradise of true pleasure whose unbarred gate we refused even to push open.
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