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For many years, and I can say it truthfully, I never rested. I neither thought nor reflected. I had no pleasure, even though I pursued it fiercely during the brief respite of vacations. Through many feverish years I did not work: I merely produced.
— Ray Stannard Baker · Adventures in Contentment
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker looks back on years of ceaseless activity that left no room for rest, thought or real enjoyment. Even holidays became a fierce hunt for pleasure. They judge that period harshly: it was not genuine work but mere output, driven and feverish.
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