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The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure.

Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862), U.S. philosopher, author, naturalist. Journals, entry for March 31, 1842 (1906).

The thought also found its way into Thoreau, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, "Sunday" (1849).

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