THERE is NO WEALTH BUT LIFE. Life, including all its powers of love, of joy, and of admiration. That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings; that man is richest who, having perfected the functions of... Unto This Last - Page 72by John Ruskin - 2006 - 104 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1860 - 858 pages
...justice, and bringing about, therefore, in due time, hii own separate loss and punishment to each person. For as consumption is the end and aim of production,...be: all political economy founded on self-interest* being but the fulfilment of that which once brought schism into the policy of angels, and ruin into... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1860 - 858 pages
...closing the series of introductory papers, to leave this one great fact clearly stated. THERE is-ко WEALTH BUT LIFE. Life, including all its powers of...be: all political economy founded on self-interest* being but the fulfilment of that which once brought schism into the policy of angels, and ruin into... | |
| Great Britain - 1871 - 970 pages
...number of noble and happy beings ; that man is the richest who, baring perfected the functions of hie own life to the utmost, has also the widest helpful...influence, both personal and by means of his possessions, отег the lire« of others." — Лон.ч BUSKIN. HAS MAN DEVELOPED FEOM THE SAVAGE STATE? NEGATIVE... | |
| John Ruskin - Economics - 1872 - 156 pages
...and happy. human beings; that man is richest who, having perfected the functions of his own lift ; to the utmost, has also the widest helpful influence,...be: all political economy founded on self-interest,* being but the fulfilment of that which once brought schism into the Policy of angels, and ruin into... | |
| Ernest Faulkner Brown - 1881 - 86 pages
...is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings : that man is the richest who, having perfected the functions of his...means of his possessions, over the lives of others." And perhaps he does not advance thus far in his self-development without becoming dimly conscious that... | |
| William Smart - 1883 - 124 pages
...pleasurable things." The typical confession of Ruskin's economical faith is given in the words : — " There is no Wealth but Life. Life, including all its...means of his possessions, over the lives of others." * The point at issue might be put thus. Ruskin does not object to Political Economy, so long as it... | |
| Henry William Little - 1884 - 166 pages
...is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings ; and that LVI. man is richest who, having perfected the functions...means of his possessions, over the lives of others. (Raskin.) LVIII. In a review of " Study and Stimulants," in the British Medical Journal, the Editor... | |
| Christianity - 1885 - 132 pages
...to national wealth than the mere increase of their produce. To quote again the words of Mr Ruskin, " There is no wealth but life. Life, including all its...means of his possessions, over the lives of others." In the second place society must rest in its industrial as well as other relations upon a moral and... | |
| Charles Rowley - Great Britain - 1885 - 80 pages
...That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings, and that man is richest who, having perfected the functions...means of his possessions, over the lives of others." — JOHN RUSKIN. JOHN HEYWOOD, DEANSGATE AND RIDGKFIKLD, MANCHESTER ; AND IT, PATERNOSTER BUILDINGS,... | |
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