The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-08-12
We Must Rest.

Work wastes man. Brain work
draws upon all the system. Provision is
made for regular repair of regular
wear, but not for an irregular waste OF
complete exhaustion. Men need bodily
and mental recreation. Food does much.
Sleep does much. A change Of scene and
Unemployment does much. No man need
be idle for an hour. Idleness Is not 70"
creation. But no man can put himself to
u particular kind Of work, and keep con.
stantly Mt II, without weakening not only
his capabilities for other employment but
also for that special work to which he has
devoted himself.
Business men must learn that 1t Is not
so much the strong pnH as the long pun
that does the whole life work. A man
might break his back or rupture himself
by an attempt to lift u warehouse, and he
would fail. But he can begin ut the top
and remove every piece of wood. every.
brick every bolt, until no sign of the ware
house remains. But he must do this in
detail, and take intervals Of rest to ac-
complish tho work. -''.. a. ll.l
1t Is Just so in business of any kind. No
great fortune Is to be made in day. But
there are days that require the coolest,
healthiest brain, and tho full strength Of
manhood to carry the business man safely
over, or 20 give such impulse to his ousi-
ness as shall push him far forward. II
he be worn OUT early. those days of crisis
will be his riin. su5F clio
Men must learn the grea. value Of wise
rests. pauses. breathing places. The
horse must not be lashed up "a long hill
from bottom to top. The wheels OF the
truck must be scotched until the beast Of
the burden takes breath. Our city rail
way companies do not take up horse and
drive him from the Central Park to tho
Battery, back and forward. day and night,
getting all they can out of him at once.
That would be fools economy, which tho
satirist ridcules in the fable of cutting
open the goose that laid the golden eggs.
Give the goose oats and grass and rest,
and take the days golden egg daily.
am not talking morals, am talking
business sense. AS IN investment In u
money point of view. whether man be-
lieves or not in the Jewish Sabbath or the
Christian Sunday, nature has written the
law of rest rs the law Of rest as the law of
activity in every man. Rest is rs neces-
sary to activity rs activity is to rest.
When there is a given and limited supply
of water to run a mill, it Is sheer folly to
be pouring it over wheel which Is stop.
ped by Instructions. Quit feeling that
you are working when you are only spill
ling your life. r.' .yr
Let our business men live much by liy-
ing long. To live long they must live
wisely. Wisdom Is knowing the capabil.
ity Of the machine you work. You will
lose your stearu, or burst your boiler, II
you attempt to drive by a five-power en-
gine machinery which requires ten horse
power to move 1t. min. ..... - -,
Recrcate! Have your evenings for 9th
or work. home work, reviving brain work.
purifying heart work. Take your time
for the country. In the old myth. when-
ever Anteus was wounded and fell. tho
touch of his mother Earth renewed him.
Go In tho summer and roll In the grass.
You will not come back 10 your work any
grecner. Have your Sundays, not for
drumming up customers nor In writing
up books, but for rest Of body and mind
aud soul. Have your little benevolent
pet schemes, some poor family, to help
some little sweet flower Of goodness ina
hidden nook to cultivate, almost anything
that Is not your regular, every day. rou-
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