Salad for the solitary and the social: . SOMETHIlSrG ABOUT NOTHIKG. Scholar,—nothing is not something, or anj^thing; and,although it sounds like a self-evident proposition, yet we arebold to affirm, that nothing is nothing. Wherever somethingis not, there is nothing; yet so far from its being a mere non-entity, nothing is often the result of much laborious scholasticand literary effort. It might be deemed, perchance, an im-pertinence, or an infraction of modesty, to lay claim to such atriumphant issue for this our humble essay; but we are con-soled by the reflection, that Fames favorites are b
Salad for the solitary and the social: . SOMETHIlSrG ABOUT NOTHIKG. Scholar,—nothing is not something, or anj^thing; and,although it sounds like a self-evident proposition, yet we arebold to affirm, that nothing is nothing. Wherever somethingis not, there is nothing; yet so far from its being a mere non-entity, nothing is often the result of much laborious scholasticand literary effort. It might be deemed, perchance, an im-pertinence, or an infraction of modesty, to lay claim to such atriumphant issue for this our humble essay; but we are con-soled by the reflection, that Fames favorites are but few, andher boasted chaplet of glory is really next to—nothing. Some misguided mortals waste their whole time in the 126 SOMETHING ABOUT NOTHING. fruitless pursuit of nothing; and they are successful in theaccomplishment of their purpose. Charles Lamh, who wasa lover of elegant leisure, once lazily remarked that thebest thing a man can have to do is nothing / and next to that,perhaps, good works ! Masterly inactivity is the disti
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