Somewhat pining for a book-lined study in D----- or some similar part of town. Pining is generally bad, but it can indicate the useful action for the day. If I were to be in such a place, I would read Kant, so I read Kant, regardless of the actual circumstances. This is one reason why we need to be careful of eavesdropping djinns who would want to do us well -- these almost-wishes that some thing were to be the case are not desires for the thing itself ("Stay, thou art so fair..."), but indications of situations in which we can do what it is that we're trying to do. So, get about doing it.
