Platt's Essays, Svazek 1Simpkin, Marshall, 1883 |
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... cause . The principal reason is , that men are not trained to lead a successful life , are not started on their journey with the conviction that if all men cannot succeed , few , if any , need fail if they know their business thoroughly ...
... cause . The principal reason is , that men are not trained to lead a successful life , are not started on their journey with the conviction that if all men cannot succeed , few , if any , need fail if they know their business thoroughly ...
Strana 10
... causes may affect one out of the hundred , but do not alter the laws that regulate the suc- cess or failure of ... cause of the worker's determination to " deserve them . " I should like to see the masses have more to spend , but ...
... causes may affect one out of the hundred , but do not alter the laws that regulate the suc- cess or failure of ... cause of the worker's determination to " deserve them . " I should like to see the masses have more to spend , but ...
Strana 12
... cause - industry , concentration of purpose , and thrift , the business regularly and steadily progressed ; every year showed an increase . Success had been achieved , without any exceptional advantage whatever as regards capital ...
... cause - industry , concentration of purpose , and thrift , the business regularly and steadily progressed ; every year showed an increase . Success had been achieved , without any exceptional advantage whatever as regards capital ...
Strana 15
... cause - viz . , because you have lacked the intelligence and industry to discover and secure it . The best gift of parents to their children , teachers to their pupils , pastors to the young of their flocks , is to inculcate self ...
... cause - viz . , because you have lacked the intelligence and industry to discover and secure it . The best gift of parents to their children , teachers to their pupils , pastors to the young of their flocks , is to inculcate self ...
Strana 16
... cause and effect " suits all ages , all climes ; it satisfies and stimulates . The point which yesterday was ... causes . " Let every individual work with an end in view , the resolve to acquire " pro- perty " by his own labour and ...
... cause and effect " suits all ages , all climes ; it satisfies and stimulates . The point which yesterday was ... causes . " Let every individual work with an end in view , the resolve to acquire " pro- perty " by his own labour and ...
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Strana 158 - As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
Strana 73 - Tis education forms the common mind ; Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Strana 180 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Strana 32 - And weltering in his blood ; Deserted at his utmost need By those his former bounty fed ; On the bare earth exposed he lies With not a friend to close his eyes.
Strana 470 - One man draws out the wire, another straightens it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth grinds it at the top for receiving the. head...
Strana 119 - Man's Unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his Greatness; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning he cannot quite bury under the Finite.
Strana 162 - Parsimony, and not industry, is the immediate cause of the increase of capital. Industry, indeed, provides the subject which parsimony accumulates. But whatever industry might acquire, if parsimony did not save and store up, the capital would never be the greater.
Strana 16 - But och ! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling! To catch Dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her; And gather gear by every wile That's justified by honour ; Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant; But for the glorious privilege Of being independent.
Strana 180 - Those only are happy (I thought) who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness; on the happiness of others, on the improvement of mankind, even on some art or pursuit, followed not as a means, but as itself an ideal end. Aiming thus at something else, they find happiness by the way.
Strana 470 - ... to make the head requires two or three distinct operations; to put it on is a peculiar business; to whiten the pins is another; it is even a trade by itself to put them into the paper; and the important business of making a pin is, in this manner, divided into about eighteen distinct operations, which in some manufactories are all performed by distinct hands, though in others the same man will sometimes perform two or three of them.