little enterprises : he rose with the sun, went to bed at dusk; he laid down his tools preoccupied with the task in hand and what he would begin on the morrow. he worked at home in a little booth, with his family around him. he lived like a snail in its shell, in a lodging made exactly to his measure; there was nothing to induce him to modify this state of things, which was indeed harmonious enough. the family life unfolded itself in a normal way. the father watched over his children in the cradle and later on in the workshop:effort and gain succeeded one another peacefully within the family order; and in this the family found its profit. now when this is so , society is stable