AFFLUENZABy Janakee Chavda

OUR LIFE IS FRITTERED AWAY BY DETAIL.

WE DO NOT RIDE ON THE RAILROAD; IT RIDES UPON US.

WHY SHOULD WE BE IN SUCH DESPERATE HASTE TO SUCCEED AND IN SUCH

DESPERATE ENTERPRISES?

IF A MAN DOES NOT KEEP PACE WITH HIS COMPANIONS, PERHAPS IT IS BECAUSE HE

HEARS A DIFFERENT DRUMMER.

WE LIVE MEANLY, LIKE ANTS.

THIS WHOLE EARTH WHICH WE INHABIT IS BUT A POINT IN

SPACE.

THEIR BATTLE CRY WAS “CONQUER OR DIE.”

IT IS REMARKABLE HOW EASILY AND INSENSIBLY WE FALL INTO A PARTICULAR

ROUTE.

HOW DEEP THE RUTS OF TRADITION AND CONFORMITY!

LET EVERYONE MIND HIS OWN BUSINESS AND ENDEAVOR TO BE WHAT HE WAS

MADE.

IT WAS NOT ALWAYS DRY LAND WHERE WE DWELL.

ONLY THAT DAY DAWNS TO WHICH WE WERE AWAKE.

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