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Read & copy the quotation
“The ambition to live strictly according to the highest common sense during the next twenty-four hours is an ambition that needs a lot of beating.”
- Source
- The Human Machine
- Date
- 1908
Meaning of “The ambition to live strictly according to the…”
Bennett deliberately reduces improvement to the next day: consistently applying sound judgment for twenty-four hours is already a demanding practical aim.
Where does it come from?
The Human Machine, concluding emphasis on present practice over distant aspiration. The idiom “needs a lot of beating” means the ambition is difficult to surpass, not that it requires violence.
