A Holiday is in no sense an alternative to the alienation of the congestion and bustle of the cities and work; the point is to plunge into it to the point of ecstasy. That is what holidays are for.
A Holiday is an occassion on which we make donations to the economy in each other's honor.
A Holiday is enticing only for the first week or so. After that, it is no longer such a novelty to rise late and have little to do.
An Institution is the lengthened shadow of one man; all history resolves itself easily into the biography of a few stout and earnest persons.
The Institution is necessary to the nation — Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.
The Institution is what springs up where there is a lull of truth, just as a snow-drift is formed where there is a lull in the wind.
An Institution is the lengthened shadow of one man; as, the Reformation, of Luther; Quakerism, of Fox; Methodism, of Wesley, Abolition, of Clarkson.
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