{"date":"December 31","id":"12-31","intro":["The most unhappy man, Carlyle says, is the man who has no real work—no interest in life. To avoid this miserable state, he advises faithful and diligent reading along the lines dictated by curiosity and interest."],"minutes":28,"readings":[{"author":"Thomas Carlyle","end":374,"start":364,"volume":25,"work":"Inaugural Address"}],"slug":"december-31","status":"proofread","title":"Curiosity and Interest as Guides to Reading","url":"/harvard-classics/december-31/","words":5541}