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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. 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
son—which you will. Here, you see, are two kinds of work—one good, the other bad; one not far removed from a blessing, a lightening of life; the other a mere curse, a burden to life. What is the difference between them, then? This: one has hope in it, the other has not. It is manly to do the one kind of work, and manly also to refuse to do the other. What is the nature of the hope which, when it is present in work, makes it worth doing? It is threefold, I think—hope of rest, hope of product, hope of pleasure in the work itself; and hope of these also in some abundance and of good quality; rest enough and good enough to be worth having; product worth having by one 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. HIM OFF TO THE WORKHOUSE OR PRISON WHICH YOU WILL HERE YOU SEE ARE TWO KINDS OF WORK ONE GOOD THE OTHER BAD ONE NOT FAR REMOVED FROM A BLESSING A LIGHTENING OF LIFE THE OTHER A MERE CURSE A BURDEN TO LIFE WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM THEN THIS ONE HAS HOPE IN IT THE OTHER HAS NOT IT IS MANLY TO DO THE ONE KIND OF WORK AND MANLY ALSO TO REFUSE TO DO THE OTHER WHAT IS THE NATURE OF THE HOPE WHICH WHEN IT IS PRESENT IN WORK MAKES IT WORTH DOING IT IS THREEFOLD I THINK HOPE OF REST HOPE OF PRODUCT HOPE OF PLEASURE IN THE WORK ITSELF AND HOPE OF THESE ALSO IN SOME ABUNDANCE AND OF GOOD QUALITY REST ENOUGH AND GOOD ENOUGH TO BE WORTH HAVING PRODUCT 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
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