The Sir Roger De Coverley Papers From the Spectator
The Sir Roger De Coverley Papers From the Spectator
Addison Joseph
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And that we might not want inducements to en- gage us in such an exercise of the body as is proper for its welfare, it is so ordered that nothing valuable can be procured without it. Not to mention riches and honor, even food and raiment are not to be come at without the toil of the hands and sweat of the brows. Providence fur- nishes materials, but expects that we should work them up ourselves. The earth must be labored 4 before it gives its increase; and when it is forced into its several pro...ducts, how many hands must they pass through before they are fit for use! Manufactures, trade, and agriculture natu- rally employ more than nineteen parts of the species in twenty; and as for those who are not obliged to labor, by the condition in which they are born, they are more mis- 1 Melancholy. " The feminine of spleen melancholy in a woman. * Well-fitted. 4 Cultivated. SIR ROGER'S LABORS AND TROPHIES 71 erable than the rest of mankind unless they indulge them- selves in that voluntary labor which goes by the name of exercise.
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