Bennett, Arnold, 1867-1931 / 2008-06-30 00:00:00

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THE HUMAN MACHINE
BY ARNOLD BENNETT
_First Published November 1908
Second Edition September 1910
Third Edition April 1911
Fourth Edition August 1912
Fifth Edition January 1913
Sixth Edition August 1913_


CONTENTS
I
TAKING ONESELF FOR GRANTED
II
AMATEURS IN THE ART OF LIVING
III
THE BRAIN AS A GENTLEMAN-AT-LARGE
IV
THE FIRST PRACTICAL STEP
V
HABIT-FORMING BY CONCENTRATION
VI
LORD OVER THE NODDLE
VII
WHAT 'LIVING' CHIEFLY IS
VIII
THE DAILY FRICTION
IX
'FIRE!'
X
MISCHIEVOUSLY OVERWORKING IT
XI
AN INTERLUDE
XII
AN INTEREST IN LIFE
XIII
SUCCESS AND FAILURE
XIV
A MAN AND HIS ENVIRONMENT
XV
L.S.D.
XVI
REASON, REASON!


I
TAKING ONESELF FOR GRANTED

There are men who are capable of loving a machine more deeply than they
can love a woman. They are among the happiest men on earth. This is not
a sneer meanly shot from cover at women. It is simply a statement of
notorious fact. Men who worry themselves to distraction over the
perfecting of a machine are indubitably blessed beyond their kind.
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