Joseph Addison: How our delight in any particular study, art, or science rises and improves in…
How our delight in any particular study, art, or science rises and improves in proportion to the application which we bestow upon it. Thus, what was at first an exercise becomes at length an entertainment.
In today’s wordsOur delight in any study, art, or science grows in proportion to the effort we put into it. What began as an exercise eventually becomes a pleasure.
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