Worksavesusfromthreegreatevils: boredom, viceandneed.
—Voltaire
UnitGoals
Afterlearningtheunit, studentsareexpectedtobeable
·toappreciateRussell’smethodofargumentationinthediscussionoftherelationshipsbetweenhappinessandwork,
·tounderstandtheimportanceofworkintheprocessofhumanfulfillment,
·toappreciatethebeautyofprosestylewritingthroughstudyingPastandPresentbyCarlyle,
·tomastertheusefulexpressionsinthewritings, and
·toimprovelanguageproficiencyandcriticalthinkingthroughthecontentofthisunit.
BeforeYouRead
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, andprovideatleastthreereasons.
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