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You say I am dealing with minutiae。  I am。  And later on I will justify myself。

Now will you kindly buy your paper and step into the train��




                                            V

             TENNIS AND THE IMMORTAL SOUL

You get into the morning train with your newspaper�察�and you calmly and 
majestically give yourself up to your newspaper。  You do not hurry。  You 
know you have at least half an hour of security in front of you。  As your 
glance lingers idly at the advertisements of shipping and of songs on the 
outer pages�察�your air is the air of a leisured man�察�wealthy in time�察�of a 
man from some planet where there are a hundred and twenty´four hours 
a day instead of twenty´four。  I am an impassioned reader of newspapers。  
I read five English and two French dailies�察�and the news´agents alone 
know how many weeklies�察�regularly。  I am obliged to mention this personal 
fact lest I should be accused of a prejudice against newspapers when I say 
that I object to the reading of newspapers in the morning train。  Newspapers 
are produced with rapidity�察�to be read with rapidity。  There is no place in my 
daily programme for newspapers。  I read them as I may in odd moments。  
But I do read them。  The idea of devoting to them thirty or forty consecutive 
minutes of wonderful solitude ��for nowhere can one more perfectly immerse 
one's self in one's self than in a compartment full of silent�察�withdrawn�察�smoking 
males�� is to me repugnant。  I cannot possibly allow you to scatter priceless 
pearls of time with such Oriental lavishness。  You are not the Shah of time。  
Let me respectfully remind you that you have no more time than I have。  No 
newspaper reading in trains�  �I have already ;put by; about three´quarters of 
an hour for use。

Now you reach your office。  And I abandon you there till six o'clock。  I am 
aware that you have nominally an hour ��often in reality an hour and a half�� 
in the midst of the day�察�less than half of which time is given to eating。  But 
I will leave you all that to spend as you choose。  You may read your 
newspapers then。

I meet you again as you emerge from your office。  You are pale and tired。  
At any rate�察�your wife says you are pale�察�and you give her to understand 
that you are tired。  During the journey home you have been gradually 
working up the tired feeling。  The tired feeling hangs heavy over the 
mighty suburbs of London like a virtuous and melancholy cloud�察�
particularly in winter。  You don't eat immediately on your arrival home。  
But in about an hour or so you feel as if you could sit up and take a little 
nourishment。  And you do。  Then you smoke�察�seriously�察�you see friends�察�
you potter�察�you play cards�察�you flirt with a book�察�you note that old age is 
creeping on�察�you take a stroll�察�you caress the piano。。。。 By Jove� �a quarter 
past eleven。  You then devote quite forty minutes to thinking about going 
to bed�察�and it is conceivable that you are acquainted with a genuinely good 
whisky。  At last you go to bed�察�exhausted by the day's work。  Six hours�察�
probably more�察�have gone since you left the officegone like a dream�察�
gone like magic�察�unaccountably gone��

That is a fair sample case。  But you say�此  �It's all very well for you to talk。  
A man *is* tired。  A man must see his friends。  He can't always be on the 
stretch。;  Just so。  But when you arrange to go to the theatre ��especially 
with a pretty woman�� what happens�拭 �You rush to the suburbs�察�you spare 
no toil to make yourself glorious in fine raiment�察�you rush back to town in 
another train�察�you keep yourself on the stretch for four hours�察�if not five�察�
you take her home�察�you take yourself home。  You don't spend three´quarters 
of an hour in ;thinking about; going to bed。  You go。  Friends and fatigue 
have equally been forgotten�察�and the evening has seemed so exquisitely 
long ��or perhaps too short���  �And do you remember that time when you 
were persuaded to sing in the chorus of the amateur operatic society�察�and 
slaved two hours every other night for three months�拭 �Can you deny that 
when you have something definite to look forward to at eventide�察�something 
that is to employ all your energythe thought of that something gives a glow 
and a more intense vitality to the whole day��

What I suggest is that at six o'clock you look facts in the face and admit that 
you are not tired ��because you are not�察�you know���察�and that you arrange your 
evening so that it is not cut in the middle by a meal。  By so doing you will 
have a clear expanse of at least three hours。  I do not suggest that you should 
employ three hours every night of your life in using up your mental energy。  
But I do suggest that you might�察�for a commencement�察�employ an hour and a 
half every other evening in some important and consecutive cultivation of the 
mind。  You will still be left with three evenings for friends�察�bridge�察�tennis�察�
domestic scenes�察�odd reading�察�pipes�察�gardening�察�pottering�察�and prize 
competitions。  You will still have the terrific wealth of forty´five hours 
between 2 p。m。 Saturday and 10 a。m。 Monday。  If you persevere you will 
soon want to pass four evenings�察�and perhaps five�察�in some sustained 
endeavour to be genuinely alive。  And you will fall out of that habit of 
muttering to yourself at 11。15 p。m。�察 �Time to be thinking about going to 
bed。;  The man who begins to go to bed forty minutes before he opens 
his bedroom door is bored�察�that is to say�察�he is not living。


But remember�察�at the start�察�those ninety nocturnal minutes thrice a week 
must be the most important minutes in the ten thousand and eighty。  They 
must be sacred�察�quite as sacred as a dramatic rehearsal or a tennis match。  
Instead of saying�察 �Sorry I can't see you�察�old chap�察�but I have to run off to 
the tennis club�察─�you must say�察 ─�。。but I have to work。;  This�察�I admit�察�is 
intensely difficult to say。  Tennis is so much more urgent than the immortal 
soul。



                                              VI

                  REMEMBER HUMAN NATURE

I have incidentally mentioned the vast expanse of forty´four hours between 
leaving business at 2 p。m。 on Saturday and returning to business at 10 a。m。 
on Monday。  And here I must touch on the point whether the week should 
consist of six days or of seven。  For many yearsin fact�察�until I was approaching 
fortymy own week consisted of seven days。  I was constantly being informed 
by older and wiser people that more work�察�more genuine living�察�could be got 
out of six days than out of seven。

And it is certainly true that now�察�with one day in seven in which I follow no 
programme and make no effort save what the caprice of the moment dictates�察�
I appreciate intensely the moral value of a weekly rest。  Nevertheless�察�had I 
my life to arrange over again�察�I would do again as I have done。  Only those 
who have lived at the full stretch seven days a week for a long time can 
appreciate the full beauty of a regular recurring idleness。  Moreover�察�I am 
ageing。  And it is a question of age。  In cases of abounding youth and 
exceptional energy and desire for effort I should say unhesitatingly�此 �Keep 
going�察�day in�察�day out。

But in the average case I should say�此 �Confine your formal programme 
��super´programme�察�I mean�� to six days a week。  If you find yourself 
wishing to extend it�察�extend it�察�but only in proportion to your wish�察�and 
count the time extra as a windfall�察�not as regular income�察�so that you can 
return to a six´day programme without the sensation of being poorer�察�of 
being a backslider。

Let us now see where we stand。  So far we have marked for saving 
out of the waste of days�察�half an hour at least on six mornings a 
week�察�and one hour and a half on three evenings a week。  Total�察�
seven hours and a half a week。


I propose to be content with that seven hours and a half for the 
present。  ;What�拭─�you cry。  ;You pretend to show us how to live�察�
and you only deal with seven hours and a half out of a hundred 
and sixty´eight�  �Are you going to perform a miracle with your 
seven hours and a half�拭─ �Well�察�not to mince the matter�察�I amif 
you will kindly let me�  �That is to say�察�I am going to ask you to 
attempt an experience which�察�while perfectly natural and explicable�察�
has all the air of a miracle。  My contention is that the full use of those 
seven´and´a´half hours will quicken the whole life of the week�察�add 
zest to it�察�and increase the interest which you feel in even the most 
banal occupations。  You practise physical exercises for a mere ten 
minutes morning and evening�察�and yet you are not astonished when 
your physical health and strength are beneficially affected every hour 
of the day�察�and your whole physical outlook changed。  Why should 
you be astonished that an average of over an hour a day given to the 
mind should permanently and completely enliven the whole activity 
of the mind��

More time might assuredly be given to the cultivation of one's self。  
And in proportion as the time was longer the results would be greater。  
But I prefer to begin with what looks like a trifling effort。

It is not really a trifling effort�察�as those will discover who have yet 
to essay it。  To ;clear; even seven hours and a half from the jungle is 
passably difficult。  For some sacrifice has to be made。  One may have 
spent one's time badly�察�but one did spend it�察�one did do something 
with it�察�however ill´advised that something may have been。  To do 
something else means a change of habits。

And habits are the very dickens to change�  �Further�察�any change�察�even 
a change for the better�察�is always accompanied by drawbacks and 
discomforts。  If you imagine that you will be able to devote seven 
hours and a half a week to serious�察�continuous effort�察�and still live 
your old life�察�you are mistaken。  I repeat that some sacrifice�察�and an 
immense deal of volition�察�will be necessary。  And it is because I know 
the difficulty�察�it is because I know the almost disastrous effect of failure 
in such an enterprise�察�that I earnestly advise a very humble beginning。  
You must safeguard your self´respect。  Self´respect is at the root of all 
purposefulness�察�and a failure in an enterprise deli
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