The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is pecuniary strength; and the means of showing pecuniary strength, and so of gaining or retaining a good name, are leisure and a conspicuous consumption of…

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In order to stand well in the eyes of the community, it is necessary to...

In order to stand well in the eyes of the community, it is necessary to...

The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where...

The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where...

Invention is the mother of necessity.

Invention is the mother of necessity.

Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to...

Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to...

The addiction to sports, therefore, in a peculiar degree marks an arrested development in man's...

The addiction to sports, therefore, in a peculiar degree marks an arrested development in man's...

In point of substantial merit the law school belongs in the modern university no more...

In point of substantial merit the law school belongs in the modern university no more...

Labor wants pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or doing...

Labor wants pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or doing...

Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to...

Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to...

The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery

The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery

With the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the...

With the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the...

The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery.

The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery.

In itself and in its consequences the life of leisure is beautiful and ennobling in...

In itself and in its consequences the life of leisure is beautiful and ennobling in...

Labor wants also pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or...

Labor wants also pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or...

It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and...

It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and...

The addiction to sports, therefore, in a peculiar degree marks an arrested development in man's...

The addiction to sports, therefore, in a peculiar degree marks an arrested development in man's...

All business sagacity reduces itself in the last analysis to judicious use of sabotage.

All business sagacity reduces itself in the last analysis to judicious use of sabotage.

Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.

Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure

The best intelligence test is what we do with our leisure.

The best intelligence test is what we do with our leisure.

We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go...

We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go...