People
Lose an hour in the morning, and you will be all day hunting for it.
— Richard Whately
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker imagines a lost morning hour as something hunted for throughout the rest of the day. That personification makes wasted time seem both tangible and impossible to recover. The saying reads as a warning that an early delay can leave a person feeling continually behind.
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