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[00:01.47]Lesson 60
[00:03.41]Too early and too late
[00:12.57]Why did the young girl miss the train?
[00:17.81]Punctuality is a necessary habit in all public affairs in civilized society.
[00:24.33]Without it, nothing could ever be brought to a conclusion; everything would be in a state of chaos.
[00:32.73]Only in a sparsely-populated rural community is it possible to disregard it.
[00:39.13]In ordinary living, there can be some tolerance of unpunctuality.
[00:44.70]The intellectual, who is working on some abstruse problem, has everything coordinated and organized for the matter in hand.
[00:53.91]He is therefore forgiven if late for a dinner party.
[00:57.74]But people are often reproached for unpunctuality when their only fault is cutting things fine.
[01:05.52]It is hard for energetic, quick-minded people to waste time,
[01:09.89]so they are often tempted to finish a job before setting out to keep an appointment.
[01:15.63]If no accidents occur on the way, like punctured tyres, diversions of traffic, sudden descent of fog, they will be on time.
[01:26.55]They are often more industrious, useful citizens than those who are never late.
[01:32.53]The over-punctual can be as much a trial to others as the unpunctual.
[01:38.35]The guest who arrives half an hour too soon is the greatest nuisance.