Holidays and how to use them / by Charles D. Musgrove.

  • Musgrove, Charles D. (Charles David)
Date:
1914
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Credit: Holidays and how to use them / by Charles D. Musgrove. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    classes, those who go in pursuit of pleasure and those who go in search of health. Yet these Pleasure two sections are not so distinct from each and health, other as they may seem to be at first sight. There is no reason why the health-seeker should not get plenty of enjoyment out of his vacation, or why those who set out with the sole intention of amusing themselves should not benefit in health at the same time. If people do not get the pleasure, they will most certainly not get the health; and it is equally true that those who enjoy themselves are at the same time laying up a reserve store of energy, which will be a valuable asset to them in the days to come. To estimate the benefit of a holiday it is necessary to look, not to the present alone, but to the future, months, or it may be years, ahead. Holidays are a form of life insurance, not against death or the onset of old age, but against Life failing powers and ill-health. Not in- insurance. frequently it happens that people, on returning home, count up the cost and ask themselves if it was worth while. They had had a good time of it, but “ might not the money have been expended in something more lasting ? ” they some- times ask themselves. It is just there that they make the mistake. There is nothing more permanent than the gain of a well-spent