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life are not managed as they ought to be�拭�Which of us is quite sure that his 

fine suit is not surmounted by a shameful hat�察�or that in attending to the 

crockery   he   has   forgotten   the   quality   of   the   food�拭  �Which   of   us   is   not 

saying to himselfwhich of us has not been saying to himself all his life�此�

;I shall alter that when I have a little more time;�拭�

     We never shall have any more time。 We have�察�and we have always had�察�

all   the   time   there   is。   It   is   the   realisation   of   this   profound   and   neglected 

truth   ��which�察  �by   the   way�察  �I   have   not   discovered��   that   has   led   me   to   the 

minute practical examination of daily time´expenditure。 



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           II THE DESIRE TO EXCEED 

                 ONE'S PROGRAMME 



       ;But�察─   �someone      may     remark�察    �with    the   English     disregard    of 

everything   except   the   point�察   �what   is   he   driving   at   with   his   twenty´four 

hours a day�拭�I have no difficulty in living on twenty´four hours a day。 I do 

all   that   I  want   to   do�察 �and    still  find  time   to  go   in   for  newspaper 

competitions。      Surely   it  is  a  simple   affair�察 �knowing     that  one   has   only 

twenty´four   hours   a   day�察  �to   content   one's   self   with   twenty´four   hours   a 

day� ─�

     To   you�察  �my   dear   sir�察  �I   present   my   excuses   and   apologies。   You   are 

precisely the man that I have been wishing to meet for about forty years。 

Will you kindly send me your name and address�察�and state your charge for 

telling me how you do it�拭�Instead of me talking to you�察�you ought to be 

talking to me。 Please come forward。 That you exist�察�I am convinced�察�and 

that   I   have   not   yet   encountered   you   is   my   loss。   Meanwhile�察  �until   you 

appear�察   �I  will   continue    to  chat  with   my    companions      in  distressthat 

innumerable band of souls who are haunted�察�more or less painfully�察�by the 

feeling that the years slip by�察�and slip by�察�and slip by�察�and that they have 

not yet been able to get their lives into proper working order。 

     If we analyse that feeling�察�we shall perceive it to be�察�primarily�察�one of 

uneasiness�察�of expectation�察�of looking forward�察�of aspiration。 It is a source 

of constant discomfort�察�for it behaves like a skeleton at the feast of all our 

enjoyments。 We go to the theatre and laugh�察�but between the acts it raises a 

skinny finger at us。 We rush violently for the last train�察�and while we are 

cooling a long age on the platform waiting for the last train�察�it promenades 

its bones up and down by our side and inquires�此 �O man�察�what hast thou 

done with thy youth�拭�What art thou doing with thine age�拭─�You may urge 

that this feeling of continuous looking forward�察�of aspiration�察�is part of life 

itself�察�and inseparable from life itself。 True� �

     But    there   are  degrees。    A   man    may    desire   to  go   to  Mecca。     His 

conscience tells him that he ought to go to Mecca。 He fares forth�察�either by 

the aid of Cook's�察�or unassisted�察�he may probably never reach Mecca�察�he 



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may drown before he gets to Port Said�察�he may perish ingloriously on the 

coast of the Red Sea�察�his desire may remain eternally frustrate。 Unfulfilled 

aspiration   may  always   trouble  him。   But   he   will   not   be   tormented   in   the 

same   way  as   the   man   who�察  �desiring to   reach   Mecca�察  �and   harried by  the 

desire to reach Mecca�察�never leaves Brixton。 

     It is something to have left Brixton。 Most of us have not left Brixton。 

We have not even taken a cab to Ludgate Circus and inquired from Cook's 

the price of a conducted tour。 And our excuse to ourselves is that there are 

only twenty´four hours in the day。 

     If we further analyse our vague�察�uneasy aspiration�察�we shall�察�I think�察�

see   that   it   springs   from   a   fixed   idea   that   we   ought   to   do   something   in 

addition to those things which we are loyally and morally obliged to do。 

We     are   obliged�察   �by   various    codes    written   and    unwritten�察   �to   maintain 

ourselves and our families ��if any�� in health and comfort�察�to pay our debts�察�

to   save�察  �to   increase   our   prosperity   by   increasing   our   efficiency。   A   task 

sufficiently  difficult� �A  task   which   very  few  of   us   achieve� �A task   often 

beyond our skill� �yet�察�if we succeed in it�察�as we sometimes do�察�we are not 

satisfied�察�the skeleton is still with us。 

     And   even   when   we   realise   tat   the   task   is   beyond   our   skill�察  �that   our 

powers cannot cope with it�察�we feel that we should be less discontented if 

we gave to our powers�察�already overtaxed�察�something still further to do。 

     And     such    is�察 �indeed�察  �the   fact。  The    wish   to  accomplish       something 

outside their formal programme is common to all men who in the course 

of evolution have risen past a certain level。 

     Until an effort is made to satisfy that wish�察�the sense of uneasy waiting 

for   something   to   start   which   has   not   started   will   remain   to   disturb   the 

peace   of   the   soul。   That   wish   has   been   called   by   many   names。   It   is   one 

form of the universal desire for knowledge。 And it is so strong that men 

whose      whole    lives   have    been   given    to  the   systematic     acquirement      of 

knowledge        have    been     driven    by   it  to   overstep     the   limits   of   their 

programme in search of still more knowledge。 Even Herbert Spencer�察 �in 

my opinion the greatest mind that ever lived�察�was often forced by it into 

agreeable little backwaters of inquiry。 

     I imagine that in the majority of people who are conscious of the wish 



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to livethat is to say�察�people who have intellectual curiositythe aspiration 

to exceed formal programmes takes a literary shape。 They would like to 

embark on a course of reading。 Decidedly the British people are becoming 

more and more literary。 But I would point out that literature by no means 

comprises the whole field of knowledge�察�and that the disturbing thirst to 

improve one's selfto increase one's knowledgemay well be slaked quite 

apart from literature。 With the various ways of slaking I shall deal   later。 

Here   I   merely   point   out   to   those   who   have   no   natural   sympathy   with 

literature that literature is not the only well。 



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           III PRECAUTIONS BEFORE 

                             BEGINNING 



     Now that I have succeeded ��if succeeded I have�� in persuading you to 

admit     to  yourself    that  you    are  constantly    haunted     by   a  suppressed 

dissatisfaction with your own arrangement of your daily life�察�and that the 

primal cause of that inconvenient dissatisfaction is the feeling that you are 

every   day   leaving   undone   something   which   you   would   like   to   do�察  �and 

which�察�indeed�察�you are always hoping to do when you have ;more time;�察�

and now that I have drawn your attention to the glaring�察�dazzling truth that 

you never will have ;more time�察─�since you already have all the time there 

isyou expect me to let you into some wonderful secret by which you may 

at any rate approach the ideal of a perfect arrangement of the day�察�and by 

which�察�therefore�察�that haunting�察�unpleasant�察�daily disappointment of things 

left undone will be got rid of� �

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