"Procrastination is the thief of time" (manuscript essay), 1799 November 26
| Data(s) |
31/12/1969
31/12/1969
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| Resumo |
Four-page handwritten essay in English by Buckminster on the consequences of procrastination. The essay begins, "Moralists of every age & nation, from wise, proverbial Solomon to 'poor Richard' of our own times, have united in recommending industry, as one of the most necessary virtues." The essay is titled with a quote from Edward Young's poem, "The Complaint," and ends with two lines from Horace beginning, "Est modus in rebus ; sunt certi denique fines..." |
| Identificador |
HUC 8799.386.10 Box 1, Folder 5 http://ids.lib.harvard.edu/ids/view/51126484?width=150&height=150&usethumb=y http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.ARCH:16084463 http://colonialnorthamerican.library.harvard.edu/prod/cna/hua12011c00005 |
| Publicador |
Harvard University Archives |
| Relação |
Harvard University Archives: Student essays of Joseph Stevens Buckminster, 1798-1799 |
| Direitos |
The student essays are open for research. |
