Wednesday, May 09, 2018
Heatherlegh's Prescription
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), "The Phantom Rickshaw," The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Tales (New York: John W. Lovell Company, 1890), pp. 7-57 (at 9):
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Heatherlegh is the dearest doctor that ever was, and his invariable prescription to all his patients is, "lie low, go slow, and keep cool." He says that more men are killed by overwork than the importance of this world justifies.Related posts:
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- Laziness as a Good Quality
- On Laziness
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- Kayf
- Slackers
- Planet of the Apes
- Ode to Indolence
- The More Idle, the More Deserving
- Work and Leisure
- Praise of Laziness
- Lazy Man's Song
- Exquisite Pregnant Idleness
- How Can I Work?
- Dolce Far Niente
- Weekdays of Unfreedom
- The Dreary Vacuum of Idleness
- Idleness and Business
- Archilochus on the Idle Life
- Idleness
- Futile Work
- Otium Cum Dignitate
