Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-08-04
We must Rest.

work wastes a man. Brain work
draws upon all the system. Provision
Is made tor regular repair of regu-
lar wear, but not for an irregular
waste or complete exhaustion. Men
need bodily and mental recreation.
Food does much. Sleep does much.
\ change of scene and of employ
rnent does much. No man need be
IDLE fjr an hour. Idleness is not rec.
reatlon. But no man can put himself
to particular kind of work, and keen
constantly at it, without weakening
not only his capabilities for other en-
ployment. but a.so for that special
work to which he has devoted him self.
Business men must learn that it i,
not 50 much the s.ro,g pull as the
long pull that does the whole lite
work. \ man might break his back
Or rupture himself by an ATTEMPT to
lltt warehouse, and he would tail.
But ne can begin at the top and re-
move every piece of word, 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
accomplish the work.
1t is just so in business of anv kind.
No great fortune is to be made in
day. But there are days that REQUIRE
the coolest. healthiest brain, and the
full strength of manhood to carry the
business man safely over. or to give
such impulse to his business as shall
push hun far forward. If he be worn
out early, those days of crisis will be
bis ruin.
Men must learn the great value of
wise rests, pauses, breathing places.
The horse must not be dashed up a
long hill from bottom to top. Tae
wheels of the truck must be scotched
until the beast Of burden takes breath.
Oar city railway companies do not
take up horse and drive him from
the Central Park to the Battery, back
and forward, day and night, getting
all they can out of him at once. That
would be fools economy, which the
satlrist ridicules in the fable of cut
ting open the goose that laid the
golden eggs. Give the goose oats and
grass and rest. and take the dav's
golden egg daily.
J ~.r...... .~ll-;-e- -. .val, 7 c., ALI
ing business sense. As an investment
IN money point of view, whether a
man believes or not in the Jewish
Sabbath or the Christian Sunday,
nature has written the laws of rest as
the law OF activity in every man.
he>t Is as necessary 10 activity as
activity is to rest. When there i a
gwen and limited supply OF water to
run mill, il is sheer folly to be pour
Ing it over a wheel which is stopped
by distractions. Quit feeling that
you are working when YOU are only
spilling your lite.
Let our business men live much
BY living long. To lie long they
must live wisely. Wisdom is know
lng the capabihiy of the machine you
work. You will lose your steam, or
burst your boiler. If you attempt to
drive BY a tve-power-engine nlachin-
cry which requires tcn-horse-power
| To move If.
Recreate Have your evenings for
other work, home work, reviying
brain work, purifying heart work.
Take your time for the country. In
the old myth, whenever Antaus was
wounded and fell, the touch of his
mother Earth renewed him. Go in
the summer and roll in the grass.
You will not come back to your work
any greener, Have your Sundays,
not tor drumming up customers nor
in writing up books, but tor rest Of
body and mind and soul. Have your
little benevolent pet schemes, some
poor family to help, some little sweet
flower of goodness in hidden nook
to cultivate, almost anything that is
not your regular, every day, routine
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