Section 119. DO GOOD IN YOUR OWN SPHERE OF ACTION[1]. I.
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Section 119. DO GOOD IN YOUR OWN SPHERE OF ACTION[1]. I.
“I want to be at work[2] in the world,” said Tom, “and not dawdling away[3] three years at Oxford.”
“What do you mean[4] by ‘at work in the world?’” said the master, with[5] his lips close to his saucerful of tea, and peering at Tom over it.
“Well, I mean real work; one’s[6] profession, whatever[7] one will really have to do, and make one’s living by. I want to be doing some real good, feeling (S. 30, N. 4) that I am not only at play[8] in the world,” answered Tom, rather[9] puzzled to find out himself what he really did mean.
“You are mixing up two very different things in your head, I[10] think, Brown,” said the master, putting down[11] (S. 111, N. 6) the empty saucer, “and you ought to get clear[12] about them (S. 4, N. 5, B). You[13] talk of ‘working to get your living’ and ‘doing some real good in the world’ in the same breath.”