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Religion Is A Temper, Not A Pursuit.

The Imagination, Once Awakened, Must And Will Work, And Ought To Work

Men Who Pass Most Comfortably Through This World Are Those Who Possess Good Digestions And Hard Hearts.

Leisure, Some Degree Of It, Is Necessary To The Health Of Every Man's Spirit.

I Have Suffered, Like Other Writers, From Indolence, Irresolution, Distaste To My Work, Absence Of 'inspiration,' And All That: But I Have Also Found That Sitting Down, However Reluctantly, With The Pen In My Hand, I Have Never Worked For One Quarter Of An Hour Without Finding Myself In Full Train.