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Confessions Of Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Book Six: Part 2

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From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

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Book Six: Part 2

I returned to my books; but my occupations of the afternoon deserved much less the name of labour and study than of recreation and amusement. I never could bear the application of the closet after dinner, and in general all trouble hangs heavy during the heat of the day. I employed myself, however, but without constraint, and almost without rule, in reading without studying. The things I followed most punctually were history and geography, and, as they did not demand mental disputing, I made as much progress in them as my bad memory permitted. I ...

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