Forget Moses , we have HG Wells !
on that state of annui :
(another Man , musing on boredom & slacking )
<<<<< But in these plethoric times when there is too much
course stuff for everybody and the struggle for life
takes the form of competitive advertisement and the effort to fill your neighbor's eye, there is no urgent demand
for either personal courage , sound nerves or stark beauty,
we find ourselves by accident.
Always before these times the bulk of people didn't
over eat themselves, because the couldn't whether they wanted to or not, and all but a very few were kept "fit"
by unavoidable exercise and personal danger. Now , if he
only pitch his standard low enough , and keep free from pride , almost anyone can achieve a sort of excess.
You can go thru contemporary life fudging and evading,
indulging and slacking , never hungry or frightened,
nor passionately stirred, your highest moment a mere
sentimental orgasm, and your first real contact
with primal and elementary
necessities , the sweat
of your death bed.>>>>
*ouch! he was in a bit of an uncomprimising mood that day !
;-)
again , thank heaven for little girls... |
