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" 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. "
Kimball's Business Speller: Designed for Use in Commercial Schools ... - Page 48
by Gustavus Sylvester Kimball - 1905 - 141 pages
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Banquet Given by the Maine State Bar Association to the Retiring Chief ...

1913 - 146 pages
...forgets this bit of philosophy from Emerson : "If a man can preach a better sermon, write a better book, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though...the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door." But I feel sure that you have not inferred from rny personal acknowledgments that I feel authorized...
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The Journal of the New York State Teachers' Association, Volumes 1-2

1914 - 850 pages
...education should be generously supported in the future as it has been in our state from its formation. If a man can write a better book, preach a better...the woods, 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. —...
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Little Stories of Progress

Frank Andrews Fall - 1914 - 106 pages
...Wadhams' Mills, is a good example of the kind of human stuff Emerson had in mind when he wrote : " If a man can write a better book, preach a better...the woods, 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...
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A Text Book of the Geography, History, Constitution and Civil Government of ...

Edward Conant - 1915 - 500 pages
...Long may Vermont abide, Her children's love and pride, And every mountain-side Her praise prolong. "IF A MAN CAN WRITE A BETTER BOOK, PREACH A BETTER...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 | & « •a ss...
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The Law Student's Helper, Volume 20

1912 - 446 pages
...office, except in so far as strangers are concerned, it makes very little difference where it is located. "If a man can write a better book, preach a better...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...
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Soils Laboratory Manual and Note Book

Kary Cadmus Davis - 1915 - 92 pages
...Bacteria in Relation to Country Life Lipman. Soils of the United States Bulletin 96, US Bureau of Soils. " If a man can write a better book, preach a better...his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten track to his door." , Gmdfe- . EXERCISE 1 (13) FIELD STUDY OF PROCESSES OF SOIL FORMATION PLAN A. Examine...
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Biography of Senator Alfred Beard Kittredge: His Complete Life and Work

Oscar William Coursey - 1915 - 258 pages
...replaced: litigants had At Thirty I found out where he was; and in the language of the philosopher: "If a man can write a better book, preach a better...sermon or make a better mouse-trap, than his neighbor, even though he build his house in the wilderness, the world will soon make a beaten path to his door."...
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Sunset, Volume 35

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...
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Annual Report, Volume 22, Part 1915

Michigan. Office of Dairy and Food Commissioner - 1915 - 442 pages
...party. Nine times out of ten the cause of poor butter is the 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 he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten...
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The Washington Newspaper, Volumes 4-5

1918 - 650 pages
...communities. We have been too quick to believe that beautiful but half true statement of Emerson's: "If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon or make a better mouse trap than his neighbor, though he builds his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten...
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