... into small fragments and crumbs of life; so that all the little piece of intelligence that is left in a man is not enough to make a pin, or a nail, but exhausts itself in making the point of a pin, or the head of a nail. Now it is a good and desirable... Selections from the Writings of John Ruskin - Page 298by John Ruskin - 1871 - 440 pagesFull view - About this book
| Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - Art and literature - 1855 - 398 pages
...of a pin or the head of a nail. Now, it is a good and desirable thing truly to make many pins in a day, but if we could only see with what crystal sand their points are polished—-sand of human soul, much to be magnified before it can be BEAUTY AND USE. discerned... | |
| Samuel Smiles - Character - 1859 - 368 pages
...of a pin, or the head of a nail. Now it is a good and desirable thing, truly, to make many pins in a day ; but if we could only see with what crystal sand...be discerned for what it is, we should think there would be some loss in it also. And the great cry that rises from all our manufacturing cities, louder... | |
| Samuel Smiles - 1861 - 448 pages
...or the head of a nail. Now it is a good and desirable thing, truly, to make many pins in a day ; bat if we could only see with what crystal sand their...be discerned for what it is, we should think there would be some loss in it also. And the great cry that rises from all our manufacturing cities, louder... | |
| Congregationalism - 1862 - 692 pages
...of a pin, or the head of a nail. Now it is a good and desirable thing, truly, to make many pins in a day ; but if we could only see with what crystal sand...can be discerned for what it is — we should think that there might be some loss in it also. And the great cry that rises from all our manufacturing cities,... | |
| American Institute of Instruction - Education - 1865 - 192 pages
...of a pin or the head of a nail. Now it is a good and desirable thing, truly, to make many pins in a day ; but if we could only see with what crystal sand their points were polished — sand of a human soul, much magnified before it can be discerned for what it is — we should think there might... | |
| John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - English essays - 1866 - 374 pages
...of a pin, or the head of a nail. Now it is a good and desirable thing, truly, to make many pins in a day; but if we could only see with what crystal sand their points were polished,—sand of human soul, much to be magnified before it can be discerned for what it is,—we... | |
| Massachusetts. State Board of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1873 - 624 pages
...of a pint or the head of a nail. Now it is a good and desirable thmg, truly, to make many pins in a day ; but if we could only see with what crystal sand their points were polished, — sand of a human soul, much magnified before it can be discerned for what it is, — we should think there might... | |
| Anna Brownell Jameson - 1877 - 486 pages
...of a pin or the head of a nail. Now, it is a good and desirable thing truly to make many pins in a day, but if we could only see with what crystal sand their points are polished — sand of human soul, much to be magnified before it can be discerned for what it is,... | |
| John Ruskin - Architecture - 1880 - 456 pages
...a pin, Qr the hfjld ftf a ns\$ Now it is a good and desirable thing, truly, to make many pins in a day ; but if we could only see with what crystal sand...for what it is, — we should think there might be .sDine loss in it also. And the great cry that rises from all our manufacturing cities, louder than... | |
| Marshall Mather - Art - 1883 - 154 pages
...of a pin, or the head of a nail Now it is a good and desirable thing, truly, to make many pins in a day; but if we could only see with what crystal sand their points were polished,—sand of human soul, much to be magnified before it can be discerned for what it is,—we... | |
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