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leaves。 You will then have to strike a matchthat is all。 In three minutes 

the water boils�察�and you pour it into the teapot ��which is already warm��。 In 

three   more   minutes   the   tea   is   infused。   You   can   begin   your   day   while 

drinking      it。  These   details   may    seem    trivial   to  the   foolish�察  �but   to  the 

thoughtful they will not seem trivial。 The proper�察�wise balancing of one's 

whole life may depend upon the feasibility of a cup of tea at an unusual 

hour。 

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                 I THE DAILY MIRACLE 



       ;Yes�察�he's one   of those men   that don't know  how to manage。  Good 

situation。 Regular income。 Quite enough for luxuries as well as needs。 Not 

really extravagant。 And yet the fellow's always in difficulties。 Somehow he 

gets nothing out of his money。 Excellent flathalf empty� �Always looks as 

if he'd had the brokers in。 New suitold hat� �Magnificent necktiebaggy 

trousers� �Asks   you   to   dinner�此  �cut   glassbad   mutton�察  �or   Turkish   coffee 

cracked cup� �He can't understand it。 Explanation simply is that he fritters 

his income away。 Wish I had the half of it� �I'd show him; 

     So    we   have   most    of  us   criticised�察 �at  one   time   or  another�察   �in  our 

superior way。 

     We are   nearly  all   chancellors of   the   exchequer�此  �it is   the pride of   the 

moment。 Newspapers are full of articles explaining how to live on such´ 

and´such      a  sum�察   �and   these   articles   provoke     a  correspondence       whose 

violence proves the interest they excite。 Recently�察�in a daily organ�察�a battle 

raged round the question whether a woman can exist nicely in the country 

on   L85   a   year。   I   have   seen   an   essay�察   �How   to   live   on   eight   shillings   a 

week。; But I have never seen an essay�察 �How to live on twenty´four hours 

a day。; Yet it has been said that time is money。 That proverb understates 

the case。 Time is a great deal more than money。 If you have time you can 

obtain moneyusually。 But though you have the wealth of a cloak´room 

attendant   at   the   Carlton   Hotel�察  �you   cannot   buy   yourself   a   minute   more 

time than I have�察�or the cat by the fire has。 

       Philosophers have explained space。 They have not explained time。 It 

is   the   inexplicable   raw   material   of   everything。   With   it�察  �all   is   possible�察�

without it�察�nothing。 The supply of time is truly a daily miracle�察�an affair 

genuinely astonishing when one examines it。 You wake up in the morning�察�

and    lo�  �your    purse   is  magically     filled  with   twenty´four     hours    of  the 

unmanufactured   tissue   of   the   universe   of   your   life�   �It   is   yours。   It   is   the 

most   precious   of   possessions。   A   highly   singular   commodity�察  �showered 

upon you in a manner as singular as the commodity itself� �

     For remark� �No one can take it from you。 It is unstealable。 And no one 

receives either more or less than you receive。 



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     Talk    about    an  ideal   democracy�      �In   the  realm    of  time   there   is  no 

aristocracy   of   wealth�察  �and     no   aristocracy   of   intellect。   Genius   is   never 

rewarded by even an extra hour a day。 And there is no punishment。 Waste 

your infinitely precious commodity as   much as you will�察�and the supply 

will never be   withheld   from  you。  Mo   mysterious   power   will say�此�This 

man is a fool�察�if not a knave。 He does not deserve time�察�he shall be cut off 

at the meter。; It is more certain than consols�察�and payment of income is not 

affected by Sundays。 Moreover�察�you cannot draw on the future。 Impossible 

to   get   into   debt�   �You   can   only   waste   the   passing   moment。   You   cannot 

waste to´ morrow�察�it is kept for you。 You cannot waste the next hour�察�it is 

kept for you。 

     I said the affair was a miracle。 Is it not�拭�

     You have to live on this twenty´four hours of daily time。 Out of it you 

have to spin health�察�pleasure�察�money�察�content�察�respect�察�and the evolution of 

your immortal soul。 Its right use�察�its most effective use�察�is a matter of the 

highest   urgency   and   of   the   most   thrilling   actuality。 All   depends   on   that。 

Your     happinessthe      elusive    prize   that  you    are  all  clutching     for�察 �my 

friends�   �depends   on   that。   Strange   that   the   newspapers�察  �so   enterprising 

and up´to´ date as they are�察�are not full of ;How to live on a given income 

of time�察─�instead of ;How to live on a given income of money;� �Money is 

far commoner than time。 When one reflects�察�one perceives that money is 

just about the commonest thing there is。 It   encumbers the earth in   gross 

heaps。 

     If one can't contrive to live on a certain income of money�察�one earns a 

little moreor steals it�察�or advertises for it。 One doesn't necessarily muddle 

one's life because one can't quite manage on a thousand pounds a year�察�one 

braces the muscles and makes it guineas�察�and balances the budget。 But if 

one cannot arrange that an income of twenty´four hours a day shall exactly 

cover     all  proper     items   of   expenditure�察     �one   does    muddle     one's    life 

definitely。     The    supply    of  time�察   �though    gloriously     regular�察  �is  cruelly 

restricted。 

       Which   of   us   lives   on   twenty´four   hours   a   day�拭  �And   when       I   say 

;lives�察─�I do not mean exists�察�nor ;muddles through。; Which of us is free 

from that uneasy feeling that the ;great spending departments; of his daily 



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life are not managed as they ought to be�拭�Which of us is quite sure that his 

fine suit is not surmounted by a shameful hat�察�or that in attending to the 

crockery   he   has   forgotten   the   quality   of   the   food�拭  �Which   of   us   is   not 

saying to himselfwhich of us has not been saying to himself all his life�此�

;I shall alter that when I have a little more time;�拭�

     We never shall have any more time。 We have�察�and we have always had�察�

all   the   time   there   is。   It   is   the   realisation   of   this   profound   and   neglected 

truth   ��which�察  �by   the   way�察  �I   have   not   discovered��   that   has   led   me   to   the 

minute practical examination of daily time´expenditure。 



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           II THE DESIRE TO EXCEED 

                 ONE'S PROGRAMME 



       ;But�察─   �someone      may     remark�察    �with    the   English     disregard    of 

everything   except   the   point�察   �what   is   he   driving   at   with   his   twenty´four 

hours a day�拭�I have no difficulty in living on twenty´four hours a day。 I do 

all   that   I  want   to   do�察 �and    still  find  time   to  go   in   for  newspaper 

competitions。      Surely   it  is  a  simple   affair�察 �knowing     that  one   has   only 

twenty´four   hours   a   day�察  �to   content   one's   self   with   twenty´four   hours   a 

day� ─�

     To   you�察  �my   dear   sir�察  �I   present   my   excuses   and   apologies。   You   are 

precisely the man that I have been wishing to meet for about forty years。 

Will you kindly send me your name and address�察�and state your charge for 

telling me how you do it�拭�Instead of me talking to you�察�you ought to be 

talking to me。 Please come forward。 That you exist�察�I am convinced�察�and 

that   I   have   not   yet   encountered   you   is   my   loss。   Meanwhile�察  �until   you 

appear�察   �I  will   continue    to  chat  with   my    companions      in  distressthat 

innumerable band of souls who are haunted�察�more or less painfully�察�by the 

feeling that the years slip by�察�and slip by�察�and slip by�察�and that they have 

not yet been able to get their lives into proper working order。 

     If we analyse that feeling�察�we shall perceive it to be�察�primarily�察�one of 

uneasiness�察�of expectation�察�of looking forward�察�of aspiration。 It is a source 

of constant discomfort�察�for it behaves like a skeleton at the feast of all our 

enjoyments。 We go to the theatre and laugh�察�but between the acts it raises a 

skinny finger at us。 We rush violently for the last train�察�and while we are 

cooling a long age on the platform waiting for the last train�察�it promenades 

its bones up and down by our side and inquires�此 �O man�察�what hast thou 

done with thy youth�拭�What art thou doing with thine age�拭─�You may urge 

that this feeling of continuous looking forward�察�of aspiration�察�is part of life 

itself�察�and inseparable from life itself。 True� �

     But    there   are  degrees。    A   man    may    desire   to  go   to  Mecca。     His 

conscience tells him that he ought to go to Mecca。 He fares forth�察�either by 

the aid of Cook's�察�or unassisted�察�he may probably never reach Mecca�察�he 



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may drown before he gets to Port Said�察�he may perish ingloriously on the 

coast of the Red Sea�察�his desire may remain eternally frustrate。 Unfulfilled 

aspiration   may  always   trouble  him。   But   he   will   not   be   tormented   in   the 

same   way  as   the   man   who�察  �desiring to   reach   Mecca�察  �and   harried by  the 

desire to reach Mecca�察�never leaves Brixton。 

     It is something to have left Brixton。 Most of us have not left Brixton。 

We have not even taken a cab to Ludgate Circus and inquired from Cook's 

the price of a conducted tour。 And our e
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