The Quest of the Simple Life, by William J. Dawson
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The Quest of the Simple Life, by William J. Dawson
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A reflective and profound account of a family’s escape from the city to the country--on very little income.
“For a considerable number of years I had been a resident in London, which city I regarded alternately as my Paradise and my House of Bondage. I am by no means one of those who are always ready to fling opprobrious epithets at London, such as 'a pestilent wen,' a cluster of 'squalid villages,' and the like; on the contrary, I regard London as the most fascinating of all cities, with the one exception of that city of Eternal Memories beside the Tiber. But even Horace loved the olive-groves of Tivoli more than the far-ranged splendours of the Palatine; and I may be pardoned if an occasional vision of green fields often left my eye insensitive to metropolitan attractions.
“This is a somewhat sonorous preface to the small matter of my story; but I am anxious to elaborate it a little, lest it should be imagined that I am merely a person of bucolic mind, to whom all cities or large congregations of my fellow-men are in themselves abhorrent. On the contrary I have an inherent love of all cities which are something more than mere centres of manufacturing industry. The truly admirable city secures interest, and even passionate love, not because it is a congeries of thriving factories, but rather by the dignity of its position, the splendour of its architecture, the variety and volume of its life, the imperial, literary, and artistic interests of which it is the centre, and the prolongation of its history through tumultuous periods of time, which fade into the suggestive shadows of antiquity. London answers perfectly to this definition of the truly admirable city. It has been the stage of innumerable historic pageants; it presents an unexampled variety of life; and there is majesty in the mere sense of multitude with which it arrests and often overpowers the mind.”
CHAPTER I THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE CHAPTER II GETTING THE BEST OUT OF LIFE CHAPTER III GETTING A LIVING, AND LIVING CHAPTER IV EARTH-HUNGER CHAPTER V HEALTH AND ECONOMICS CHAPTER VI IN SEARCH OF THE PICTURESQUE CHAPTER VII I FIND MY COTTAGE CHAPTER VIII BUYING HAPPINESS CHAPTER IX HOW WE LIVED CHAPTER X NEIGHBOURSHIP CHAPTER XI THE WOUNDS OF A FRIEND CHAPTER XII AM I RIGHT? CHAPTER XIII THE CITY OF THE FUTURE
The Quest of the Simple Life, by William J. Dawson- Amazon Sales Rank: #1231419 in Books
- Published on: 2015-03-12
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .36" w x 6.00" l,
- Binding: Paperback
- 158 pages
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. I found the word usage enlightening By Chris Gregory Yes, I really enjoy these century old books, especially if they are well-written like this one. This book enriches one's vocabulary. it uses words that we never hear, but they are words that exist, and are part of the rich vocabulary of our American English. Often times these words are the source or etymology of our current-day language.Also I enjoyed the well-crafted thought process employed by Dawson. Minimalism wasn't a well-used term back then and I don't even know if the term existed, but the idea behind it certainly titillates many of us today - a simpler life, an uncluttered way of living, yes truly inspiring. But this isn't a read for everyone. Many will lose interest when they discover that they don't understand the terms or when they get bogged down in the seemingly endless streams of reasoning. I benefited from this read, but I believe most readers won't follow it through.
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