Thursday, May 7, 2009

Daily Dose

From The Life of Doctor Samuel Johnson, by James Boswell

DRIVING ON

“When I, in a low-spirited fit, was talking to him with indifference of the pursuits which generally engage us in a course of action, and inquiring a reason for taking so much trouble; ‘Sir, (said he, in an animated tone), it is driving on the system of life.’”

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