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Let's give it a rest, Americans

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From: Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
Date: 20030810
Author:Deseret Morning News editorial

"Certainly work is not always required of a man," wrote the Scottish minister George Macdonald. "There is such a thing as a sacred idleness -- the cultivation of which is now fearfully neglected."

Americans could benefit from reading Macdonald's thoughts about relaxation, if they just didn't have so much to get done. In a culture where being busy is seen as a virtue, being idle is a vice. If you're not toiling away in the workshop, then the devil toils away in his -- your idle mind.

The United States is the only industrialized nation that doesn't force employers to give workers a vacation. ...

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