• The idea that leisure is of value in itself is only conditionally true. The average man simply spends his leisure as a dog spends it. His recreations are all puerile, and the time supposed to benefit him really only stupefies him.

  Henry Louis Mencken
  American journalist and critic 1880-1956
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1. conditionally
2. recreations
3. stupefies
4. benefit
5. really

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The idea that leisure is of value in itself is only conditionally true. The average man simply spends his leisure as a dog spends it. His recreations are all puerile, and the time supposed to benefit him really only stupefies him. by : Henry Louis Mencken

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