 The largest quantity of work will not be done by this curious engine for pay, or under pressure, or by help of any kind of fuel which may be supplied by the chaldron. It will be done only when the motive force, that is to say, the will or spirit of the...  Unto This Last - Page 9by John Ruskin - 2006 - 104 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Thomas W. Bushill - Profit-sharing - 1893 - 286 pages
...the working man — "for pay, or by help of any kind of fuel which may be applied by the chaldron. It will be done only when the motive force, that is...its own proper fuel — namely, by the affections." But his warning must also be given: "The affections only become a true motive power when aroused by... | |
 | John Ruskin - English literature - 1894 - 448 pages
...engine for pay, or under pressure, or by help of any kind of fuel which may be applied by the chaldron. It will be done only when the motive force, that is...happen often, that if the master is a man of sense and energy, a large quantity of material work may be done under mechanical pressure, enforced by strong... | |
 | John Ruskin - Readers - 1894 - 558 pages
...and capital. The best work will be done when the worker works heartily; ie, when "the motive force is brought to its greatest strength by its own proper fuel ; namely, by the affections." This position is enforced by reference to the relations of master and operative as seen in domestic... | |
 | William Ingraham Haven - Social problems - 1895 - 328 pages
...which may be applied by the caldron. It will be done only when the motive force, that is to say, when the will or spirit of the creature is brought to its...by its own proper fuel, namely, by the affections." Whatever may be said, therefore, about the scientific value of this theory, by which self-interest... | |
 | J. Gordon Mowat, John Alexander Cooper, Newton MacTavish - 1897 - 584 pages
...chaldron. It will be done only when the motive, that is to say, the will, or spirit of the cteature, is brought to its greatest strength by its own proper fuel ; namely, by the affections." This position is cardinal with him. But he does not claim originality for it. He claims rather a noble... | |
 | John Atkinson Hobson - 1898 - 386 pages
...results. The largest quantity of work will not be done by this curious engine for pay, or under pressure. It will be done only when the motive force, that is...say, the will or spirit of the creature is brought up to its greatest strength by its own proper fuel ; namely, by the affections." 1 This is not a sentimental,... | |
 | Ethics - 1901 - 254 pages
...engine for pay ; or under pressure, or by help of any kind of fuel which may be applied by the chaldron. It will be done only when the motive force, that is...by its own proper fuel; namely by the affections." This fact is attested in all the higher callings of life, wherein it is honor rather than wages that... | |
 | Animal welfare - 1903 - 450 pages
...not underpressure of hard necessity will you ever get the best work out of any man. You will get it only " when the motive force, that is to say, the...by its own proper fuel, namely, by the affections." To preach this ancient Christian gospel of human fellowship, to show its application to the needs of... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1905 - 726 pages
...engine for pay, or under pressure, or by help of any kind of fuel which may be supplied by the chaldron. It will be done only when the motive force, that is...by its own proper fuel : namely, by the affections. 9. It may indeed happen, and does happen often, that if the master is a man of sense and energy, a... | |
 | John Ruskin - Economics - 1905 - 736 pages
...engine for pay, or under pressure, or by help of any kind of fuel which may be supplied by the chaldron. It will be done only when the motive force, that is...by its own proper fuel : namely, by the affections. 9. It may indeed happen, and does happen often, that if the master is a man of sense and energy, a... | |
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