tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post2584026747656176924..comments2024-03-27T06:25:29.002-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: `The Immense Burden of the Whole'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-68734393699576315292016-09-05T10:39:00.253-05:002016-09-05T10:39:00.253-05:00“Leisure” had a different connotation in the 19th ...“Leisure” had a different connotation in the 19th century. At a time when there was little or no regulation of labor, and workers would be on the job for ten or twelve hours, or more, six days a week, to the liberal-leaning middle-class, like Melville, “leisure” stood for the relief for the working class which eventually came about with the forty-hour work week. Also, “leisure” did not – as it does today – imply lounging around, but an opportunity for self-improvement. Melville would not have approved of using ones’ leisure to be a couch potato in front of the TV. I’m not sure, but I believe he would even have frowned on using leisure time to go bowling or go out with friends for a few drinks. For Melville’s “leisure” read “leisure time” for a better sense of what he was talking about.Denkof Zwemmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01118582264573609926noreply@blogger.com