220 FROM A NEW ENGLAND HILLSIDE. 



by recalling what a vast number of persons 

 there are, especially in the cities, who, hav 

 ing already acquired sufficient means for a 

 comfortable livelihood for themselves and 

 their families, and having no great taste for 

 the spectacular in living, or enjoyment in it, 

 yet keep on from year to year in the old 

 tread-mill round, because they or their 

 friends think that they ought not to &quot;re 

 tire from business.&quot; Some of them are 

 old, some middle-aged, and some are young. 

 Some have inherited a comfortable compe 

 tency and never have needed to earn money. 

 But they must continue in &quot;business&quot;; 

 they are too young to &quot;retire.&quot; It does 

 not seem to make any difference what the 

 business is. It may be useful, it may be in 

 different, it may be positively harmful to the 

 community, still it is business. It may be 

 something which no one else could do so 

 well, or something requiring a capacity pos 

 sessed by those of whom the woods are 

 full,&quot; who are only waiting for a break in 

 the line to rush into the place. 



Without entering upon the question of 

 the relative importance of necessaries and 

 luxuries, which in its essence is largely a 

 question of tastes and desires sound in 

 themselves, and of a breadth or narrowness 



