 If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he builds his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.  Medical Bulletin - Page 22by Colorado. University. School of medicine, University of Colorado - 1906Full view - About this book
 | Canada. Royal Commission on Industrial Training and Technical Education - 1913 - 788 pages
...— Froebel. If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mouse-trap than his neighbor, though he build his house in the...woods the world will make a beaten path to his door. — Ralph Waldo Emerson. Man is a tool-using animal. He can use tools, can devise tools; with these,... | |
 | 1913 - 326 pages
...to a Good Thing. If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he build his house in the...woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door. Ixxv Ye Olde Colonial Style of HandWrought Copper Candlesticks I AHESE oldfashionedCan dlehplders are... | |
 | Vermont. Commissioner of Agriculture - 1913 - 584 pages
...no opportunities on a farm. Emerson said: "Let a man make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, and the world will make a beaten path to his door." This is natural for the world is always looking for the best mousetrap. Let a man make himself a better farmer... | |
 | Frank Andrews Fall - 1914 - 106 pages
...when he wrote : " If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he build his house in the...world will make a beaten path to his door. ' ' This man Swan spends no time in talking about himself. In fact, he talks very little about anything. His... | |
 | 1914 - 850 pages
...its formation. If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mouse-trap than his neighbor, though he build his house in the...the world will make a beaten path to his door.— Emerson. No honor surpasses that of being a teacher of right things and right thinking. — Fannie... | |
 | Michigan. Office of Dairy and Food Commissioner - 1915 - 464 pages
...result of poor milk or cream. BY HD WENDT. If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mouse trap than his neighbor, though...his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten pathway to his door. — Emerson. Truer words than those above quoted were never spoken. Although many... | |
 | 1912 - 446 pages
...it is located. "If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he build his house in the...woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door." He may have his office located in the topmost story of the skyscraper in the city, where his sign will... | |
 | William Henry Maxwell - 1915 - 184 pages
...to the horse." "If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a mousetrap better than his neighbor, though he build his house in the...woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door." XIV. SECRETARIAL WORK Here are Do you know what a secretary is ? two definitions of the word : (1)... | |
 | Edward Conant - 1915 - 500 pages
...praise prolong. "IF A MAN CAN WRITE A BETTER BOOK, PREACH A BETTER SERMON, OR MAKE A BETTER MOUSETRAP THAN HIS NEIGHBOR, THOUGH HE BUILD HIS HOUSE IN THE WOODS, THE WORLD WILL MAKE A BEATEN PATH TO HIS DOOR."—EMERSON ^S».^ OF' o O '3 ? o G <S £ « a .s £ Jfl PQ N W n - -2 J "M " 2 J5 .— " < •S... | |
 | 1915 - 1070 pages
...man write a better book, preach a better sermon, make a better mouse trap than his neighbor — even though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door." Opal Whiteley has spent much of her life in the big woods and lumber camps tributary to Cottage Grove,... | |
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