“A waiting moment exasperates us and exhausts our patience, but we can handle just fine a few months' indifference. Our field worker gets tired as soon as he is constrained to a too rigorous discipline. He likes…extremely intense strain, but not continuous”…
"A whole year the Romanian idles, and in the last days of the year he works double tide…"
"There is nowhere else more fret, more turmoil, and less disciplined work as with our people… In us, there lives the soul of our primitive shepherd and farmer ancestors, a soul that puts itself about a few months a year and hibernates the rest of the time. We are capable of any virtue as long as it doesn't entail too long a persistence."
All the facts are falling into place. This is a masterful presentation. It's looking more and more as if the foundation of social trust is...
...THE LIBIDO!
“A waiting moment exasperates us and exhausts our patience, but we can handle just fine a few months' indifference. Our field worker gets tired as soon as he is constrained to a too rigorous discipline. He likes…extremely intense strain, but not continuous”…
"A whole year the Romanian idles, and in the last days of the year he works double tide…"
"There is nowhere else more fret, more turmoil, and less disciplined work as with our people… In us, there lives the soul of our primitive shepherd and farmer ancestors, a soul that puts itself about a few months a year and hibernates the rest of the time. We are capable of any virtue as long as it doesn't entail too long a persistence."
The above describes me perfectly.