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. Saint Jospeh Medical Herald - Page 481913Full view - About this book
| 1898 - 764 pages
...to be anything you are not. Emerson says, " If a man can preach a better sermon, write a better book or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though...woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door." That is patting it pretty strong. Other things must be equal. To stop unprofessional conduct we must... | |
| Boston (Mass.). School Committee - 1898 - 446 pages
...satisfied only with the best he can do, you know that boy will stand before kings. Emerson said, " If you can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than your neighbor, though you build your house iu the woods the world will make a beaten track to your... | |
| Fabiola hospital association - 1899 - 94 pages
...is it not as if the rose had climbed My garden wall, and blossomed on the other side? —Alice Cory. If a man can write a better book, preach a better...woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door. — Emerson. "Somewhere in the secret of every soul Is the hidden gleam of a perfect life." OPPORTUNITY... | |
| Benjamin Wood - 1899 - 228 pages
...stoop so many times to gather up the cherries." " If a man can write a better book," said Emerson, " 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 track to his door." Live up to this sentiment,... | |
| 1902 - 1176 pages
...can do it better and cheaper than any other man. Our Emerson puts it in a nutshell when he says, " Tf a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon,...make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a lieaten path to his door." Our family affairs are... | |
| Iowa Library Commission - 1924 - 544 pages
...book or preach a better sermon or build a better mouse trap than your neighbor, though you build your house in the woods the world will make a beaten path to your door." In "More Mother Goose," Lydia M. Barrette of Mason City, Iowa, was courageous enough to... | |
| 1902 - 494 pages
...sluggishness; want of energy. things. lam' bent, twinkling; flickering. re vlv'i fy ing, refreshing; reviving. If a man can write a better book, preach a better...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 EMEKSON.... | |
| Orison Swett Marden - 1894 - 362 pages
...all cobblers to be; If I were a tinker, no tinker beside Should mend an old kettle like me. OLD SONG. If a m'an can write a better book, preach a better...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. — EMERSON. IR, it is... | |
| Henry Sabin - 1903 - 354 pages
...throw in his way. He who does this does his whole duty. Emerson has this in mind when he declares: "If a man can write a better book, preach a better...make a better mouse-trap than his neighbor, though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten pathway to his den." Good teaching looks... | |
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