---
title: 'Days Off and Other Digressions'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Henry Jackson Van Dyke, Jr.'
date: 1907-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Devotional (General)'
- 'Character and Conduct of Life'
scriptures:
- 'Exodus 20'
- 'Psalms 23'
- 'Genesis 2'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/van-dyke-1907-days-off-and-other-digressions
---

# Days Off and Other Digressions

Essays valuing the 'day off'—arguing that unstructured leisure, hobbies, and escape from routine restore freedom, character, and vitality for better work.

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