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Well, I believe that all men's lives are compounded of these two moods in various proportions, and that this explains why they have always, with more or less of toil, cherished and practised art. WELL I BELIEVE THAT ALL MEN'S LIVES ARE COMPOUNDED OF THESE TWO MOODS IN VARIOUS PROPORTIONS AND THAT THIS EXPLAINS WHY THEY HAVE ALWAYS WITH MORE OR LESS OF TOIL CHERISHED AND PRACTISED ART
 must at the best pass through a period of pain till I can manage to stimulate my mood of energy to take its place and make me happy again. And if I have no means wherewith to rouse up that mood of energy to do its duty in making me happy, and I have to toil while the idle mood is upon me, then am I unhappy indeed, and almost wish myself dead, though I do not know what that means. Furthermore, I find that while in the mood of idleness memory amuses me, in the mood of energy hope cheers me; which hope is sometimes big and serious, and sometimes trivial, but that without it there is no happy energy. Again, I find that while I can sometimes satisfy this mood by merely exercising it in work that has no result beyond the passing hour—in play, in short—yet that it presently wearies of that and gets languid, the hope therein being too trivial, and sometimes even scarcely real; and that on the whole, to satisfy my master the mood, I must either be making something or making believe to make it. OF IDLENESS I FIND I MUST AT THE BEST PASS THROUGH A PERIOD OF PAIN TILL I CAN MANAGE TO STIMULATE MY MOOD OF ENERGY TO TAKE ITS PLACE AND MAKE ME HAPPY AGAIN AND IF I HAVE NO MEANS WHEREWITH TO ROUSE UP THAT MOOD OF ENERGY TO DO ITS DUTY IN MAKING ME HAPPY AND I HAVE TO TOIL WHILE THE IDLE MOOD IS UPON ME THEN I AM UNHAPPY INDEED AND ALMOST WISH MYSELF DEAD THOUGH I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS FURTHERMORE I FIND THAT WHILE IN THE MOOD OF IDLENESS MEMORY AMUSES ME IN THE MOOD OF ENERGY HOPE CHEERS ME WHICH HOPE IS SOMETIMES BIG AND SERIOUS AND SOMETIMES TRIVIAL BUT THAT WITHOUT IT THERE IS NO HAPPY ENERGY AGAIN I FIND THAT WHILE I CAN SOMETIMES SATISFY THIS MOOD BY MERELY EXERCISING IT IN WORK THAT HAS NO RESULT BEYOND THE PASSING HOUR IN PLAY IN SHORT YET THAT IT PRESENTLY WEARIES OF THAT AND GETS LANGUID THE HOPE THEREIN BEING TOO TRIVIAL AND SOMETIMES EVEN SCARCELY REAL AND THAT ON THE WHOLE TO SATISFY MY MASTER THE MOOD I MUST EITHER BE MAKING SOMETHING OR MAKING BELIEVE TO MAKE IT
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