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Literary
March 8, 1843
Morning Star
Limerick, York County, Maine
What is this article about?
Bishop Shuttleworth's essay warns that impatient pursuit of pleasure, like a savage cutting down a tree for its fruits, leads to borrowing from the future at ruinous cost, impairing feelings, self-respect, health, and reducing life to dregs when comforts should remain.
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OCR Quality
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Full Text
Pursuit of Pleasure. We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach the fruits; but the fact is, that a blunder of this description is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure. To such, the present moment is as everything, and the future is nothing; he borrows, therefore, from the future, at a most usurious and ruinous interest; and the consequence is, that he finds the tone of his best feelings impaired, his self-respect diminished, his health of mind and body destroyed, and life reduced to its very dregs, at a time when, humanly speaking, the greatest portion of its comforts should be still before him.—Bishop Shuttleworth.
What sub-type of article is it?
Essay
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Temperance
What keywords are associated?
Pursuit Of Pleasure
Impatient Blunder
Moral Reflection
Future Borrowing
Self Destruction
What entities or persons were involved?
Bishop Shuttleworth
Literary Details
Title
Pursuit Of Pleasure
Author
Bishop Shuttleworth
Subject
On The Folly Of Impatient Pursuit Of Pleasure
Key Lines
We Smile At The Ignorance Of The Savage Who Cuts Down The Tree In Order To Reach The Fruits; But The Fact Is, That A Blunder Of This Description Is Made By Every Person Who Is Over Eager And Impatient In The Pursuit Of Pleasure.
To Such, The Present Moment Is As Everything, And The Future Is Nothing; He Borrows, Therefore, From The Future, At A Most Usurious And Ruinous Interest;
And The Consequence Is, That He Finds The Tone Of His Best Feelings Impaired, His Self Respect Diminished, His Health Of Mind And Body Destroyed, And Life Reduced To Its Very Dregs,