ECONOMY OF TIME. 151 



HENRIETTA. 



I must try to calculate that. 



MRS. F. 



Two hours a day will make 730 in the year; estimating the 

 human life at " threescore years and ten," that will make 

 51,100 hours, which reduce into days. 



HENRIETTA. 



I must do it with my pencil. Stop, that makes 5 years, 

 304 days, 4 hours. 



ESTHER. 



But, Henrietta, you have estimated your day at twenty- 

 four hours; deducting the time of sleep, you should average 

 it at sixteen, so we shall have a larger result from your cal- 

 culation. 



MARY. 



It now makes 8 years, 273 days, and 12 hours. 



HENRIETTA. 



I had no idea that it would have amounted to so much; 

 such a calculation ought to be sufficient to prevent any one 

 from being a sluggard. 



MRS. F. 



Do you know Thomson's beautiful lines on early rising 

 beginning, 



"Falsely luxurious, will not man awake," &c. 



Frederick, get the " Seasons," and read them to us; you 

 will find them in " Summer." 



FREDERICK. 



Yes, aunt, here is the passage; but look, what a curious 

 little round hole this is, in the cover of the book. 



HENRIETTA. 



So it is. It is as round and exact as if it had been pierced 

 with an awl, and it appears to go half through the book. 



