Reading Emerson - Man The Reformer
But granting that for ends so sacred and dear some relaxation must be had, I think that if a man find in himself any strong bias to poetry, to art, to contemplative life, drawing him to these things with a devotion incompatible with good husbandry, that man out to reckon early with himself, and, respecting the compensations of the Universe, ought to ransom himself from the duties of economy by a certain rigor and privation in his habits. For privileges so rare and grand, let him not stint to pay a great tax. Let him be a caenobite, a pauper, and, if need be, celibate also...
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Had an impact on me, many hints of FIRE in there. Felt compelled to share.
