THE GOOD LIFE.
“There is a striking consensus of opinion as to what constitutes the good life, a consensus to which the sages of all countries and periods have contributed. All have insisted ,in different ways that it is in the exercise of our best faculties at their highest pitch, with intervals for 'recreation in music, and conversation that the good life consists,” writes Mr C. E.-M. Jond in the “Star” (London). “It is only by tlie cultivation of good taste that lesiure is rendered tolerable, and, good taste, whether in hhe enjoyment of the mind or the enjoyment of the senses, must be worked for. Work,
indeed, is the only kind of occupation that men and women have hitherto been able to endure in any but the smallest doses, while servitude to the need for pleasure is the most burdensome of all the slaveries to which they have subjected themselves. Already we have come to realise that the only way to enjoy a game is to work at it.'*
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 July 1929, Page 5
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170THE GOOD LIFE. Hokitika Guardian, 3 July 1929, Page 5
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