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convinced that most people sleep as long as they do because they are at a 

loss    for  any   other    diversion。    How     much     sleep   do   you   think    is  daily 

obtained by the powerful healthy man who daily rattles up your street in 

charge of Carter Patterson's van�拭�I have consulted a doctor on this point。 

He is a doctor who for twenty´four years has had a large general practice 

in a large flourishing suburb of London�察�inhabited by exactly such people 

as you and me。 He is a curt man�察�and his answer was curt�此�

     ;Most people sleep themselves stupid。; 

       He went on to give his opinion that nine men out of ten would have 



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better health and more fun out of life if they spent less time in bed。 

     Other   doctors   have   confirmed   this   judgment�察  �which�察  �of   course�察  �does 

not apply to growing youths。 

     Rise an hour�察�an hour and a half�察�or even two hours earlier�察�andif you 

mustretire earlier when you can。 In the matter of exceeding programmes�察�

you will accomplish as much in one morning hour as in two evening hours。 

;But�察─�you say�察 �I couldn't begin without some food�察�and servants。; Surely�察�

my dear sir�察�in an age when an excellent spirit´lamp ��including a saucepan�� 

can   be   bought   for   less   than   a   shilling�察  �you   are   not   going   to   allow   your 

highest welfare to depend upon the precarious immediate co´operation of a 

fellow creature� �Instruct the fellow creature�察�whoever she may be�察�at night。 

Tell her to put   a   tray  in   a  suitable position   over  night。  On   that   tray  two 

biscuits�察�a cup and saucer�察�a box of matches and a spirit´lamp�察�on the lamp�察�

the saucepan�察�on the saucepan�察�the lid but turned the wrong way up�察�on 

the   reversed   lid�察  �the   small   teapot�察  �containing   a   minute   quantity   of   tea 

leaves。 You will then have to strike a matchthat is all。 In three minutes 

the water boils�察�and you pour it into the teapot ��which is already warm��。 In 

three   more   minutes   the   tea   is   infused。   You   can   begin   your   day   while 

drinking      it。  These   details   may    seem    trivial   to  the   foolish�察  �but   to  the 

thoughtful they will not seem trivial。 The proper�察�wise balancing of one's 

whole life may depend upon the feasibility of a cup of tea at an unusual 

hour。 

     A。 B。 



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                 I THE DAILY MIRACLE 



       ;Yes�察�he's one   of those men   that don't know  how to manage。  Good 

situation。 Regular income。 Quite enough for luxuries as well as needs。 Not 

really extravagant。 And yet the fellow's always in difficulties。 Somehow he 

gets nothing out of his money。 Excellent flathalf empty� �Always looks as 

if he'd had the brokers in。 New suitold hat� �Magnificent necktiebaggy 

trousers� �Asks   you   to   dinner�此  �cut   glassbad   mutton�察  �or   Turkish   coffee 

cracked cup� �He can't understand it。 Explanation simply is that he fritters 

his income away。 Wish I had the half of it� �I'd show him; 

     So    we   have   most    of  us   criticised�察 �at  one   time   or  another�察   �in  our 

superior way。 

     We are   nearly  all   chancellors of   the   exchequer�此  �it is   the pride of   the 

moment。 Newspapers are full of articles explaining how to live on such´ 

and´such      a  sum�察   �and   these   articles   provoke     a  correspondence       whose 

violence proves the interest they excite。 Recently�察�in a daily organ�察�a battle 

raged round the question whether a woman can exist nicely in the country 

on   L85   a   year。   I   have   seen   an   essay�察   �How   to   live   on   eight   shillings   a 

week。; But I have never seen an essay�察 �How to live on twenty´four hours 

a day。; Yet it has been said that time is money。 That proverb understates 

the case。 Time is a great deal more than money。 If you have time you can 

obtain moneyusually。 But though you have the wealth of a cloak´room 

attendant   at   the   Carlton   Hotel�察  �you   cannot   buy   yourself   a   minute   more 

time than I have�察�or the cat by the fire has。 

       Philosophers have explained space。 They have not explained time。 It 

is   the   inexplicable   raw   material   of   everything。   With   it�察  �all   is   possible�察�

without it�察�nothing。 The supply of time is truly a daily miracle�察�an affair 

genuinely astonishing when one examines it。 You wake up in the morning�察�

and    lo�  �your    purse   is  magically     filled  with   twenty´four     hours    of  the 

unmanufactured   tissue   of   the   universe   of   your   life�   �It   is   yours。   It   is   the 

most   precious   of   possessions。   A   highly   singular   commodity�察  �showered 

upon you in a manner as singular as the commodity itself� �

     For remark� �No one can take it from you。 It is unstealable。 And no one 

receives either more or less than you receive。 



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     Talk    about    an  ideal   democracy�      �In   the  realm    of  time   there   is  no 

aristocracy   of   wealth�察  �and     no   aristocracy   of   intellect。   Genius   is   never 

rewarded by even an extra hour a day。 And there is no punishment。 Waste 

your infinitely precious commodity as   much as you will�察�and the supply 

will never be   withheld   from  you。  Mo   mysterious   power   will say�此�This 

man is a fool�察�if not a knave。 He does not deserve time�察�he shall be cut off 

at the meter。; It is more certain than consols�察�and payment of income is not 

affected by Sundays。 Moreover�察�you cannot draw on the future。 Impossible 

to   get   into   debt�   �You   can   only   waste   the   passing   moment。   You   cannot 

waste to´ morrow�察�it is kept for you。 You cannot waste the next hour�察�it is 

kept for you。 

     I said the affair was a miracle。 Is it not�拭�

     You have to live on this twenty´four hours of daily time。 Out of it you 

have to spin health�察�pleasure�察�money�察�content�察�respect�察�and the evolution of 

your immortal soul。 Its right use�察�its most effective use�察�is a matter of the 

highest   urgency   and   of   the   most   thrilling   actuality。 All   depends   on   that。 

Your     happinessthe      elusive    prize   that  you    are  all  clutching     for�察 �my 

friends�   �depends   on   that。   Strange   that   the   newspapers�察  �so   enterprising 

and up´to´ date as they are�察�are not full of ;How to live on a given income 

of time�察─�instead of ;How to live on a given income of money;� �Money is 

far commoner than time。 When one reflects�察�one perceives that money is 

just about the commonest thing there is。 It   encumbers the earth in   gross 

heaps。 

     If one can't contrive to live on a certain income of money�察�one earns a 

little moreor steals it�察�or advertises for it。 One doesn't necessarily muddle 

one's life because one can't quite manage on a thousand pounds a year�察�one 

braces the muscles and makes it guineas�察�and balances the budget。 But if 

one cannot arrange that an income of twenty´four hours a day shall exactly 

cover     all  proper     items   of   expenditure�察     �one   does    muddle     one's    life 

definitely。     The    supply    of  time�察   �though    gloriously     regular�察  �is  cruelly 

restricted。 

       Which   of   us   lives   on   twenty´four   hours   a   day�拭  �And   when       I   say 

;lives�察─�I do not mean exists�察�nor ;muddles through。; Which of us is free 

from that uneasy feeling that the ;great spending departments; of his daily 



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