The Works of John Ruskin: Time and tide, by Weare and Tyne. "Unto this last." Munera pulveris. The eagle's nestJ. Wiley, 1889 |
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... among all ; and the present one , in which the workman is paid the least wages he will take , under the pressure of competition in the labour - market . But an intermediate Co-operation, as hitherto understood, is perhaps not expedient.
... among all ; and the present one , in which the workman is paid the least wages he will take , under the pressure of competition in the labour - market . But an intermediate Co-operation, as hitherto understood, is perhaps not expedient.
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... least encouragement to thoughts of any great future advance in social life . The healthy sense of progress , which is necessary to the strength and happiness of men , does not consist in the anxiety of a struggle to attain higher place ...
... least encouragement to thoughts of any great future advance in social life . The healthy sense of progress , which is necessary to the strength and happiness of men , does not consist in the anxiety of a struggle to attain higher place ...
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... least you can find , by whatever system of election you think like- liest to secure such desirable result . Invite trustworthy persons of other classes to join your council ; appoint time and place for its stated sittings , and let this ...
... least you can find , by whatever system of election you think like- liest to secure such desirable result . Invite trustworthy persons of other classes to join your council ; appoint time and place for its stated sittings , and let this ...
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... least nearer the purpose of his Maker that he , and all his frivolous audier.ces , should evade the degradation of the profitless piping , only by living , like horses , in daily physical labour for daily bread . There are three things ...
... least nearer the purpose of his Maker that he , and all his frivolous audier.ces , should evade the degradation of the profitless piping , only by living , like horses , in daily physical labour for daily bread . There are three things ...
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... least , can only disobey at their moral peril . ” On these grounds , and in this temper , I am in the habit of appealing to passages of Scripture in my writ ings on political economy ; and in this temper I will ask you to consider with ...
... least , can only disobey at their moral peril . ” On these grounds , and in this temper , I am in the habit of appealing to passages of Scripture in my writ ings on political economy ; and in this temper I will ask you to consider with ...
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Page 96 - This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
Page 181 - Where the bee sucks, there suck I ; In a cowslip's bell I lie; There I couch when owls do cry. On the bat's back I do fly After summer merrily. Merrily, merrily shall I live now Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
Page 47 - The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
Page 16 - For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Page 123 - 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 his own life to the utmost, has also the widest helpful influence, both personal, and by means of his possessions, over the lives of others.
Page 37 - The best in this kind are but shadows ; and the worst are no worse, if imagination amend them.
Page 180 - Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
Page 142 - To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end; Then lies him down, the lubber fiend, And, stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength; And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.
Page 17 - Among the delusions which at different periods have possessed themselves of the minds of large masses of the human race, perhaps the most curious— certainly the least creditable • — is the modern soi-disant science of political economy, based on the idea that an advantageous code of social action may be determined, irrespectively of the influence of social affection.
Page 96 - But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews? 40. Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.