The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves.

Logan Pearsall Smith

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Vocation Work

Author

Logan Pearsall Smith

Language

English

Time

1931 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Critic Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Smith, Logan Pearsall. "Art and Letters." Afterthoughts. Constable & Company, 1931.

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Medium
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Genre
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I don't like work—no man does—but I like what is in the work—the chance to find yourself. Your own reality—for yourself, not for others—what no other man can ever know.

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Source
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Language
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Time
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Original Citation

Conrad, Joseph. "Heart of Darkness." Blackwood's Magazine. London and Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, Feb. 1899 - Apr. 1899.

Current Citation

Conrad, Joseph. "Heart of Darkness." Heart of Darkness and Other Tales, edited by Cedric Watts. Oxford University Press, 2008, ch. 1.