...man is richest who, having perfected the functions of his own life to the utmost, has also the widest influence, both personal and by means of his possessions, over the lives of others." Hence, the commonplace inferences from these premises are : " Whatever our station in life may be,...

...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." To lay hold upon the doctrine of "the intrinsic and eternal nature of wealth," in which the teaching...

...the end both livas will reach their perfection together, when each man, to adopt Ruskin's words, ' having perfected the functions of his own life to...influence, both personal and by means of his possessions, on the lives of others1 ; ' or in the yet fuller teaching of St Paul, wheu ' the man of GOD,' disciplined...

...the end both lives will reach their perfection together, when each man, to adopt Buskin's words, " having perfected the functions of his own life to...influence, both personal and by means of his possessions, on the lives of others;"i or in the yet; fuller teaching of St. Paul, when "the man of God," disciplined...

...man is richest who, having perfected the functions of his own life to the utmost, has also the widest influence, both personal and by means of his possessions, over the lives of others." "It is the supreme end of civilization to produce manhood and maintain it in happiness." Ruskin, though...

...convinced in our inmost souls of this truth, uttered by one of the best inspired teachers of our age: " There is no wealth but life — life, including all...means of his possessions, over the lives of others." There is not now, nor has there ever been, a civilized people. Ignorance, sin, depravity, injustice,...

...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...and by means of his possessions, over the lives of others.1 Other symbols have been given often to show the evanescence and slightness of our lives —...

...Clavigera," by CA Wurtzburg, G. Allen). NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS. A. WHAT is WEALTH? RUSKIN'S DEFINITIONS. "There is no Wealth but Life." "Life, including all...of his possessions, over the lives of others."— "Unto this Last." " The study of Wealth is a province of natural science : — it deals with the essential...

...the richest who, having perfected the functions of his own life to the utmost, has also the widest influence, both personal and by means of his possessions,...over the lives of others. A strange political economy ; " — so 1 John Ruskin, Social Reformer, p. 125. its author himself muses — " the only one, nevertheless,...

...How that prophet of the nineteenth century was sneered at by the economist for his assertion that " that country is the richest which nourishes the greatest...means of his possessions, over the lives of others." l Yet who can say that the important change taking place in the economic treatment of life is not the...