Manuscript page from Arcadian Adventures With the Idle Rich by Stephen Leacock, 1914.
Reproduced with the permission of the National Archives of Canada, MG30 D40, vol. 10, no. 10.19.
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spend a certain number of hours each day, say sixteen, in silent meditation on Boohooism would find his mind gradually reaching a condition of Bahee. The chief aim of Bahee itself was to sacrifice his friends, or his relatives, and even strangers, in order to reach Bahee. In this way one was able fully to realise oneself and enter into the Higher Indifference. Beyond this, further meditation and fasting - by which was meant living solely on fish, fruit, wine, and meat - one presently attained to complete Swaraj or Control of Self, and might in time pass into the
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