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July 20, 2005
Twain between work and blogging?
I'm sorry to report that in spite of my best efforts to encourage her, my dog Coco doesn't think blogging beats being inactive. At least not right now. As someone who believes in rugged individualism, I refuse to blame outside influences for Coco's mental state. Even when leading bloggers give up blogging entirely (Say Uncle via InstaPundit), I don't think they have any duty to set an example for lesser creatures. However, when an activity becomes (as SKB suggests) "too much like work and not so much fun," I think it's time for moderate application of Mark Twain's rule of work: The work that is really a man's own work is play and not work at all. Cursed is the man who has found some other man's work and cannot lose it. When we talk about the great workers of the world we really mean the great players of the world. The fellows who groan and sweat under the weary load of toil that they bear never can hope to do anything great. How can they when their souls are in a ferment of revolt against the employment of their hands and brains? The product of slavery, intellectual or physical, can never be great.In an ideal But I think I may be asking too much, at least of Coco, who is not a blogger but only a lowly pit bull. As Twain recognized, even the best of the latter are capable of giving up if they lose sight of their goals (or if the goals disappear).... posted by Eric on 07.20.05 at 10:21 AM |
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