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Editorial
April 5, 1941
Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Rev. Taschereau Arnold's editorial condemns laziness as a moral vice worse than mischief, using metaphors like a sparrow on eggs to illustrate how idle men produce unsupported children, burden society, and invite evil, advocating diligence over idleness.
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By REV. TASCHEREAU ARNOLD
More About Lazy Folk
"A LAZY MAN is a sparrow sitting on a nest full of eggs."
Men have been heard to remark, "Better do nothing than do mischief." but one cannot be even sure about that: that saying shines well but it is by far not gold. Laziness does not deserve that much praise, you will find it bad everywise. for behold ye, a man doing mischief is a sparrow picking the corn-but a LAZY MAN is a sparrow sitting on a nest full of eggs, which will all turn to sparrows before long. and do a world of harm.
his family and a sure menace to human society He gets without doing it. In other words, he fills the house with offsprings and leaves them to "root hog or die."
A LAZY MAN believes less in "control of birth" than most people who are able to care properly for children. It is fine to see one's self walking around and playing on the floor, but children will make you sweat that is. if you try to give them "sticks" to fight with in this ever changing world
Why $5 one is a conservative estimate of the expense it takes for the upkeep and education of one child to say nothing the pains, toils and cares the parent must of necessity undergo in the rearing of a well-rounded child.
This business of producing children is certainly no job for a good-for-nothing lazy person. If one child is a great responsibility it is certainly needless to say to you of how great the responsibility when there are several children in the family. Coming back to LAZY ONES, it is quite reasonable to believe that the rankest weeds or earth don't grow in the minds of those who are busy at wickedness, but in foul corners of idle men's imaginations. where the devil can hide away unseen like
One writer let go from his well directed pencil this. "I don't like cur boys to be in mischief. but I would sooner see them up to their necks in the mud in their larks. than sauntering about with nothing to do." If the evil of doing nothing seems to be less today. you will find it out to be greater tomorrow. The devil is putting coals on the fire. and so the fire does not blaze. but depend upon it. it will be a bigger fire in the end
Lazy people, you had need be your own trumpeters, for no one else can find any good in you to praise, To see you through a telescope :would be better than anything else. for you would then be a long way off; but the biggest pair of spectacles in the shop could not see anything in you worth talking about Moles. and rats, and weasels. there is something to be said for. though there's a pretty sight of them nailed up on old barns. but as for you-well, you'll be of use in a "lowly bed." and help to make a fat churchyard. but no better song can people sing in your favor than this verse. as the parish clerk said, "all of my own composing:"
A good-for-nothing lazy lout,
Wicked within and ragged without,
Who can bear to have him about?
Turn him out! Turn him out!
"As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes," so is the sluggard to every man who is spending his sweat to earn an honest living while these fellows let grass grow up to their ankles, and stand combing the ground, as the Bible says. Selah.
By REV. TASCHEREAU ARNOLD
More About Lazy Folk
"A LAZY MAN is a sparrow sitting on a nest full of eggs."
Men have been heard to remark, "Better do nothing than do mischief." but one cannot be even sure about that: that saying shines well but it is by far not gold. Laziness does not deserve that much praise, you will find it bad everywise. for behold ye, a man doing mischief is a sparrow picking the corn-but a LAZY MAN is a sparrow sitting on a nest full of eggs, which will all turn to sparrows before long. and do a world of harm.
his family and a sure menace to human society He gets without doing it. In other words, he fills the house with offsprings and leaves them to "root hog or die."
A LAZY MAN believes less in "control of birth" than most people who are able to care properly for children. It is fine to see one's self walking around and playing on the floor, but children will make you sweat that is. if you try to give them "sticks" to fight with in this ever changing world
Why $5 one is a conservative estimate of the expense it takes for the upkeep and education of one child to say nothing the pains, toils and cares the parent must of necessity undergo in the rearing of a well-rounded child.
This business of producing children is certainly no job for a good-for-nothing lazy person. If one child is a great responsibility it is certainly needless to say to you of how great the responsibility when there are several children in the family. Coming back to LAZY ONES, it is quite reasonable to believe that the rankest weeds or earth don't grow in the minds of those who are busy at wickedness, but in foul corners of idle men's imaginations. where the devil can hide away unseen like
One writer let go from his well directed pencil this. "I don't like cur boys to be in mischief. but I would sooner see them up to their necks in the mud in their larks. than sauntering about with nothing to do." If the evil of doing nothing seems to be less today. you will find it out to be greater tomorrow. The devil is putting coals on the fire. and so the fire does not blaze. but depend upon it. it will be a bigger fire in the end
Lazy people, you had need be your own trumpeters, for no one else can find any good in you to praise, To see you through a telescope :would be better than anything else. for you would then be a long way off; but the biggest pair of spectacles in the shop could not see anything in you worth talking about Moles. and rats, and weasels. there is something to be said for. though there's a pretty sight of them nailed up on old barns. but as for you-well, you'll be of use in a "lowly bed." and help to make a fat churchyard. but no better song can people sing in your favor than this verse. as the parish clerk said, "all of my own composing:"
A good-for-nothing lazy lout,
Wicked within and ragged without,
Who can bear to have him about?
Turn him out! Turn him out!
"As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes," so is the sluggard to every man who is spending his sweat to earn an honest living while these fellows let grass grow up to their ankles, and stand combing the ground, as the Bible says. Selah.
What sub-type of article is it?
Moral Or Religious
Social Reform
What keywords are associated?
Laziness
Idleness
Moral Vice
Family Responsibility
Societal Harm
Child Rearing
Diligence
What entities or persons were involved?
Rev. Taschereau Arnold
Lazy Man
Devil
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Critique Of Laziness And Idleness
Stance / Tone
Strongly Condemnatory Moral Exhortation
Key Figures
Rev. Taschereau Arnold
Lazy Man
Devil
Key Arguments
Laziness Is Worse Than Mischief, As It Produces Neglected Children Who Harm Society
Idle Men Irresponsibly Have Large Families Without Means To Support Them
Raising Children Requires Effort And Expense, Unfit For The Lazy
Idleness Breeds Evil Thoughts Where The Devil Hides
Better For Children To Be Active In Mischief Than Idle
Lazy People Offer No Value And Are Burdensome To Others