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ALL PLAY
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.. /·ANO NO.ORK
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CIETY?
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n che pase, most people worked
long hours in sweatshops or
on che farm. Little time was
available for education or recre–
ation. But today, we are rapidly
~oiQg
to another dangerous
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exrfeme - ro an all-play-and-no–
work society.
In this desire for more leisure–
time and play activities, philos–
opher Elbert Hubbard's "Get
your pleasure out of your work
!"
seems woefully out-of-date, as
do~s
the Biblical injunction:
"Six
l~'"'tlays-shalt
thou labor and do
all
thy work."
....
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Rather, many in the "now gen–
eration" are crying for a shorter
work week ro make more time
available for leisure.
Work Versus Play
For example, over the last cen–
tury, the workweek has steadily
dropped from
72
hours ro 48, to
44, to 40, to che current nacional
average of 38 hours. This means
the average working man has
gained from 20 to 30 hours of
- ·spare time from his work over
the
p~;t
5Ór
6
decades.
And now a
four-day workweek
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