76 THE FACE OF THE FIELDS 



Devil finds mischief for idle hands to do. Let us 

 then be up and doing " — all of this at random 

 from one of their lectures on "The Simple Life, 

 or the Pace that Kills." 



Of course there is more or less of truth in this 

 teaching of theirs. A little leisure has no doubt 

 become a dangerous thing — unless one spend it 

 talking or golfing or automobiling, or aeroplan- 

 ing or elephant-killing, or in some other divert- 

 ing manner ; otherwise one's nerves, like pulled 

 candy, might set and cease to quiver; or one 

 might even have time to think. 



"Keep going," — I quote from another of their 

 lectures, — " keep going; it is the only certainty 

 you have against knowing whither you are go- 

 ing." I learned that lesson well. See me go — 

 with half a breakfast and the whole morning pa- 

 per ; with less of lunch and the 4.30 edition. But 

 I balance my books, snatch the evening edition, 

 catch my car, get into my clothes, rush out to 

 dinner, and spend the evening lecturing or being 

 lectured to. I do everything but think. 



But suppose I did think ? It could only dis- 

 turb me — my politics, or ethics, or religion. I 

 had better let the editors and professors and 



