"The four eights, that ideal of operative felicity, are here (New Zealand) a realized fact."
— Time

January 1, 1970

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J. A. Froude, Oceana, Chapter XIV. The four eights are explained in a footnote to be "Eight to work, eight to play, eight to sleep, and eight shillings a day"