Uncommon Sense on Work And Starting Tasks
The writer notes cultural delays in starting work in South America and compares it to the habit of procrastination. He cites Balzac as an example who hired a minder to force writing, illustrating how motivation and accountability can overcome inertia.
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Balzac
Balzac Warns Against Restlessness And Laziness
The excerpt depicts Balzac's relentless work ethic as he pleads with his servant, who denies rest. It argues restlessness is a curse that fuels tireless effort, but warns those who lack it are fortunate. Those who suffer it must overcome the fault to avoid lifelong half speed and poor outcomes.
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M. Balzac
Balzac
Envy and conformity in human conduct
A reflection on how people yield to peer pressure to fit in and seek public approval rather than acting from virtue. The text argues that the stronger the person, the less they depend on external sanction, while envy is always at work and never rests as a holiday from behavior.
Unicorns to Order Horns of Bull Made to Grow Into One
Dr. W. Franklin Dove of the University of Maine describes a method to fuse two sprouting horn buds on a day-old Ayrshire bull calf into one central horn. He split the horn buds and tissues, aligned straight edges, and allowed them to grow together. After two and a half years the bull displays a single unicorn horn.
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New York Times
Two Kinds of Action in Bearing and Doing
A brief aphorism attributed to W. C. Gannett notes that action includes both doing and bearing, and that bearing can be the harder part of action in daily life.
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W. C. Gannett
Great Lakes Transit Seeks Vacation Passages
The Great Lakes Transit Corporation promotes travel to and from the West via the Great Lakes route. An agent can arrange passage with convenient railway connections aboard the S S Juniata and other lines, highlighting nature's routes and scenic trips for vacation plans.
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S.S. Juniata Nature
Great Lakes
Great Lakes Transit Corporation
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