They have lost the power to do practical work by ceasing to exercise it, by confining themselves to criticism and theorizing, to intemperate abuse and intemperate championship of what they but imperfectly understand.
In an essay on the strenuous life, this passage explains how individuals lose the ability for practical work by engaging only in criticism and theorizing.
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