The new menticulture : or, the A-B-C of true living / by Horace Fletcher.

  • Horace Fletcher
Date:
1903
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Credit: The new menticulture : or, the A-B-C of true living / by Horace Fletcher. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    • • • what was impossible to our forebears of a few centuries ago. The acceler- ation of our luxurious progress has been so great within the last quarter of a century that it is quite impossible to keep up with mere reading about the details of its advancement even though we merely scan the generous pages of a daily press. As a matter of intrinsic fact it is pos- sible for a person of the common intelli- gence of the day, arrived at the age of discretion, to earn easily in an hour what is really necessary for his daily suste- nance and comfort and have the rest of the day free to enjoy parks and galleries or delve or recreate in libraries if he prefer books. Or he or she, if they are forethoughtful, may utilize as much of the remaining time of the day as they like to add to their surplus of wealth for use when they become too old to work or are tired of routine occupation.