Chapter 12 Economics - 7

Finding that my fellow citizens probably would not offer me a place in the courts, church, or anywhere else, and I had to divert myself, I turned my face more intently than ever to the forest, where everything was know me well.I resolved to start at once, without waiting for the usual so-called outlays, and to use the meager means I already had.My purpose in going to Walden Pond was not to live economically, nor to be extravagant, but to engage in some private affairs, that there might be as few troubles as possible there; He is young and doesn't understand business, so he does things that are more stupid than miserable.

I have often wished to acquire strict business habits; this is what every one cannot do without.If your business is with the Celestial Empire, you have to have an accounting office on the coast, in a port of Salem, and that's enough to make sure.You can export the products of your own country, pure local products, a lot of ice, pine wood and a little bit of granite are all authentic products of the local country.This must be good business.Take care of all affairs personally; act as pilot and captain, owner and insurer; buy and sell and keep accounts; read every letter received and write or review every letter sent; supervise imports day and night almost at many places on the coast, you appear at the same time; -- the most loaded ship is always discharged on the Jersey shore; Correspondence to distant lands, and all the ships sailing to the coast; sell goods steadily, supply an insatiable market far away, as well as know the market, you must also know the state of war and peace everywhere, forecast trade and The tendency of civilization;—to use the fruits of all exploration, to take the newest waterways, to make use of all the advances in the technology of navigation;—to study the charts, to locate coral reefs, and new lighthouses and buoys, which are forever. Changed and changed, because there was a little error in calculation, and the ship would have crashed on a rock and been smashed, otherwise it would have reached a friendly dock--, and, besides, La Bellos's Unknown fate;--you have to keep up with cosmic science step by step, and study the lives of all great discoverers, navigators, explorers, and merchants, from the Canon explorers and the Phoenicians to the present , Finally, always record the goods in the warehouse, so that you know where you are.It is a laborious toil, testing all one's faculties--these questions of profit or loss, of interest, of calculating tare deductions, all of which require exact figures, and knowledge of the whole universe.

It occurred to me that Walden Pond would be a good place to do business, not only because of the railway lines and the ice-storage industry; there are many conveniences here, and perhaps it would not be a good policy to divulge them; it is a good port, with a good foundation.You don't have to fill up those marshes like the Neva region; though everywhere you have to lay foundations.It is said that if the Neva River were swollen and a westerly wind blows, the ice blocks from the flow could wash St. Petersburg off the face of the earth in one fell swoop. It is perhaps not easy to conjecture from where I got the things which are indispensable to such a trade, as my trade does not have the usual prior transactions of funds.Let us come at once to practical matters, and first to clothes, which we are often led to purchase by a love of novelty, and a concern for what other people think of it, with little regard for their real use.Let those who have a job remember the purpose of wearing clothes, the first is to maintain body temperature, and the second is to cover nakedness in the current society; now, he can judge how much is necessary Your important work can be done without having to add to your wardrobe.The king and queen wear each piece of clothing only once, and although there are royal tailors to do it, they don't know the pleasure of wearing clothes that fit well.They are nothing more than wooden racks to hang clean clothes on.But our clothes are assimilated with us day by day, imprinted with the character of the wearer, until we are reluctant to throw them away. To throw them away, just like throwing away our body, we can't help but feel reluctant to part with it. To make amends, and with a very heavy heart.In fact, no one wears clothes with patches to lower their status in my eyes; but I know that most people worry a lot about clothes. If clothes are to be fashionable, they must at least be clean, and they must not be dirty. Patch, never cared whether they had a sound conscience or not.In fact, even if the clothes are torn and not repaired, the biggest defect exposed is just not considering that small holes will become big holes.I sometimes judge my friends in this way—who would wear a suit with patches above the knee, or just two extra seams?Most people seem to think that if they do, it's ruined forever.They would rather go into town with a limp than with ripped trousers.It is not uncommon for a gentleman to have a leg wound, and there is a remedy for it; and if the hem of his trousers is torn, it cannot be repaired; for people are not concerned with what is really respectable, but with respectable things .We know very few people, but we know too many clothes and trousers.You put your last clothes on the scarecrow, and you stand by naked, and whoever passes by doesn't salute the scarecrow right away?I was passing a field of corn that day, and right next to the stake in the hat and coat, I recognized the owner of the farm.He is more haggard than the last time I saw him, but Feng Chui Yu Da looked a little more haggard.I have heard of a dog that barked at all who came to his master's place with clothes on, but was easily subdued and kept silent by a naked thief.It's an interesting question, how much will people be able to maintain their identities without clothes?Without clothes, can you say with certainty which of any group of civilized men is the most noble?Mrs. Pfeiffer, in her travels around the world, from east to west, when she was very close to Russia in Asia, and was going to meet the local governor, she said that she felt that she could no longer wear traveling clothes, because she "now It is in a civilized country where people judge people by their clothes."Even in our so-called democratic New England town, where he was rich, well dressed, and well lived, with that element of chance, he was admired by all.However, there were so many of these worshiping people, and they were all heathen, that a missionary should be sent there.After all, clothes have to be sewn, and sewing is a so-called endless work; at least, a woman's clothes are never finished for a day.