| Advice to Young Men Contributor(s): Cobbett, William (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798707502194 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $11.69 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2021 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Essays - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Education | Essays |
| Dewey: 170.202 |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (1.09 lbs) 208 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Book Excerpt: fthree words, 'Vivre de peu, ' which I have always very much admired.'_To live upon little_' is the great security against slavery; and thisprecept extends to dress and other things besides food and drink. WhenDOCTOR JOHNSON wrote his Dictionary, he put in the word pensioner thus: 'PENSIONER--A slave of state.' After this he himself became apensioner! And thus, agreeably to his own definition, he lived anddied 'a slave of state!' What must this man of great genius, and ofgreat industry too, have felt at receiving this pension! Could he be socallous as not to feel a pang upon seeing his own name placed before hisown degrading definition? And what could induce him to submit to this?His wants, his artificial wants, his habit of indulging in the pleasuresof the table; his disregard of the precept 'Vivre de peu.' This wasthe cause; and, be it observed, that indulgences of this sort, whilethey tend to make men poor and expose them to commit mean acts, tendalRead Mo |