Робинзон Крузо

First Weeks on the Island

           Thisgavemenotonlyegressandregress,asitwereaback-waytomytentandtomystorehouse,butgavemeroomtostowmygoods. 

           AndnowIbegantoapplymyselftomakesuchnecessarythingsasIfoundImostwanted,asparticularlyachairandatable; forwithouttheseIwasnotabletoenjoythefewcomfortsIhadintheworld. Icouldnotwriteoreat,ordoseveralthingswithsomuchpleasurewithoutatable. 

           SoIwenttowork: andhereImustneedsobserve,thatasreasonisthesubstanceandoriginalofthemathematics,sobystatingandsquaringeverythingbyreason,andbymakingthemostrationaljudgmentofthings,everymanmaybeintimemasterofeverymechanicart. Ihadneverhandledatoolinmylife;andyetintime,bylabor,application,andcontrivance,IfoundatlastthatIwantednothingbutIcouldhavemadeit,especiallyifIhadhadmoretools. However,Imadeabundanceofthingsevenwithouttools,andsomewithnomoretoolsthananadzeandahatchet,which,perhaps,werenevermadethatwaybefore,andthatwithinfinitelabor. Forexample,ifIwantedaboard,Ihadnootherwaybuttocutdownatree,setitonanedgebeforeme,andhewitflatoneithersidewithmyaxe,tillIhadbroughtittobethickasaplank,andthendubitsmoothwithmyadze. Itistrue,bythismethodIcouldmakebutoneboardoutofawholetree; butthisIhadnoremedyforbutpatience,anymorethanIhadfortheprodigiousdealoftimeandlaborwhichittookmeuptomakeaplankorboard. Butmytimeorlaborwaslittleworth,andsoitwasaswellemployedonewayasanother. 

           However,Imademeatableandachair,asIobservedabove,inthefirstplace,andthisIdidoutoftheshortpiecesofboardsthatIbroughtonmyraftfromtheship. 

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