He said it made him feel that life was not an idle dream to be gaped and yawned through, but a noble task, full of duty and stern work.
他说,看我干活让他觉得,人生不是一场任人发呆、打着哈欠度过的闲梦,而是一项充满责任与艰苦劳作的崇高任务。
— Jerome K. Jerome · Three Men in a Boat (1889) · Chapter IV —