Only they who go to soires and legislative balls must have new coats, coats to change as often as the man changes in them. But if my jacket and trousers, my hat and shoes, are fit to worship God in, they will do; will they not?
he thinks the same clothes will do just fine even if he's not worshiping god in them
A man who has at length found something to do will not need to get a new suit to do it in
he thinks work can be done without adding to our clothing
“was now in a civilized country, where . . . people are judged of by their clothes.”
this quote still remains true till this day. people are still judged by what clothes they wear, for example you can't go to a job interview and be "under dressed" for the occasion or you will be judged and seen as "unprofessional"
If we do not get out sleepers, and forge rails, and devote days and nights to the work, but go to tinkering upon our lives to improve them, who will build railroads? And if railroads are not built, how shall we get to heaven in season? But if we stay at home and mind our business, who will want railroads?
it seems like he is saying humans are the creators of their downfall and that it is meaningless
We do not ride on the railroad; it rides upon us.
this could imply to the real world but instead with technology because we are so dependent on it nowadays
Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail
Simplify, don't complicate it and only keep the things that you must need, find what is right