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If we have this amount and kind of rest we shall, so far, be no worse off than the beasts. IF WE HAVE THIS AMOUNT AND KIND OF REST WE SHALL SO FAR BE NO WORSE OFF THAN THE BEASTS
ne who is neither a fool nor an ascetic; pleasure enough for all for us to be conscious of it while we are at work; not a mere habit, the loss of which we shall feel as a fidgety man feels the loss of the bit of string he fidgets with. I have put the hope of rest first because it is the simplest and most natural part of our hope. Whatever pleasure there is in some work, there is certainly some pain in all work, the beast-like pain of stirring up our slumbering energies to action, the beast-like dread of change when things are pretty well with us; and the compensation for this animal pain is animal rest. We must feel while we are working that the time will come when we shall not have to work. Also the rest, when it comes, must be long enough to allow us to enjoy it; it must be longer than is merely necessary for us to recover the strength we have expended in working, and it must be animal rest also in this, that it must not be disturbed by anxiety, else we shall not be able to enjoy it. T WORTH HAVING BY ONE WHO IS NEITHER A FOOL NOR AN ASCETIC PLEASURE ENOUGH FOR ALL OF US TO BE CONSCIOUS OF IT WHILE WE ARE AT WORK NOT A MERE HABIT THE LOSS OF WHICH WE SHALL FEEL AS A FIDGETY MAN FEELS THE LOSS OF THE BIT OF STRING HE FIDGETS WITH I HAVE PUT THE HOPE OF REST FIRST BECAUSE IT IS THE SIMPLEST AND MOST NATURAL PART OF OUR HOPE WHATEVER PLEASURE THERE IS IN SOME WORK THERE IS CERTAINLY SOME PAIN IN ALL WORK THE BEAST LIKE PAIN OF STIRRING UP OUR SLUMBERING ENERGIES TO ACTION THE BEAST LIKE DREAD OF CHANGE WHEN THINGS ARE PRETTY WELL WITH US AND THE COMPENSATION FOR THIS ANIMAL PAIN IS ANIMAL REST WE MUST FEEL WHILE WE ARE WORKING THAT THE TIME WILL COME WHEN WE SHALL NOT HAVE TO WORK ALSO THE REST WHEN IT COMES MUST BE LONG ENOUGH TO ALLOW US TO ENJOY IT IT MUST BE LONGER THAN IS MERELY NECESSARY FOR US TO RECOVER THE STRENGTH WE HAVE EXPENDED IN WORKING AND IT MUST BE ANIMAL REST ALSO IN THIS THAT IT MUST NOT BE DISTURBED BY ANXIETY ELSE WE SHALL NOT BE ABLE TO ENJOY IT
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