Show TOOK TIME TO DO THINGS in oxcart ox cart days men of genius did their literary work leisurely and well how lid did they hey do 10 it those old fellous take a novel by Tha thackeray cheray for example it Is monumental looks loal s as if f one of them would be a life work woric the mere penning of it appall appals a modern man yet thackeray turned out volume after volume as it if time and energy were interminable and hla his work was practically perfect no slovenliness no carelessness no haste enst no guess this will do ness today we have every accessory to speed every timesaving time saving saying device all knowledge classi classified fled and and stored lit in convenient libraries but where are arc the raya or the goetges Go ethes Dic dickensen kenses hugos and bal ancs men of their day were compelled to waste time A journey of a few alloa took all day or several days A dinner involved sitting up all night find and drinking ones self under tho the table A message to a friend was not a ten word telegram but a beautifully penned and excellently expressed essay such stich letters were preserved and handed down later they were put into print how many letters have you written which will be handed down and how would you like to have the bes bei t letter fetter you ever wrote put into print chances are that if you write more than two pages you apologize and you sign it yours hastily the men of the os or cart days did things thoroughly and well in the days of the wireless we have no time lynn mass item |