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`` He was born in the town , and for forty-seven years he never slept a night outside it . He was a most respectable man -- a drysalter from nine to four , and a Presbyterian in his leisure moments . He said that a good life merely meant good habits . He rose at seven , had family prayer at seven-thirty , breakfasted at eight , got to his business at nine , had his horse brought round to the office at four , and rode for an hour , reached home at five , had a bath and a cup of tea , played with and read to the children -LRB- he was a domesticated man -RRB- till half-past six , dressed and dined at seven , went round to the club and played whist till quarter after ten , home again to evening prayer at ten-thirty , and bed at eleven . For five-and-twenty years he lived that life with never a variation . It worked into his system and became mechanical . The church clocks were set by him .