 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
 | Arthur Parker Stone, Stewart Lee Garrison - 1916 - 360 pages
...who commands slaves and punishes them mercilessly according to his whim. THE MOUSETRAP QUOTATION » "If a man can write a better book, preach a better...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." In the February, 1911,... | |
 | Lillian Cecilia Kearney - 1916 - 294 pages
...STOKES COMPANY PUBLISHERS Copyright, 1916, by FREDERICK: A. STOKES COMPACT AU rights reserved .' r. Jf 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 beaten path to his door. — ELRERT HURRARD. •I... | |
 | 1916 - 776 pages
...establishing more firmly their economic foundations and are becoming a more valuable asset of the nation. |F a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon,...make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he may build his house in the woods the world will make a beaten path to his door. Song of the Armstrong... | |
 | 1916 - 634 pages
...demonstrates the power of a high ideal and exemplifies the thought of Emerson, who said: "If a man write a better book, preach a better sermon or make a better mouse-trap than his neighbor, though he build his house in the wilderness, the world will make a beaten path to his door." Mr. Kinyon is a... | |
 | 1918 - 708 pages
...West Presbyterian Church, New York City, from 1882-1893. The exact quotation is as follows: "If a man write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, tho he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door." The idea in the... | |
 | Arthur Parker Stone, Stewart Lee Garrison - 1916 - 360 pages
...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.' "It was a little strain on his ego to let this thing go under his own stamp, so he saved his modesty,... | |
 | Edgar Lincoln Willard - 1917 - 216 pages
...geant au' to graph pri' ma ry there' fore 5 ven' i son al le' gi ance e lee trie' i ty mer' chan disc "If a man can write a better book, preach a better...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." —Ralph Waldo Emerson.... | |
 | Arthur James Gammack - 1917 - 176 pages
...deserve. There are more good positions open than there are good men to fill them. As Emerson said : "If a man can write a better book, preach a better...make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he live in a forest, the world will make a beaten path to his door." In relation to others, Play the game... | |
 | Arkansas Historical Association - 1917 - 470 pages
...years ago a great American, who was himself a notable example of his own teachings, said, "If a man 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." A little while ago one... | |
 | Mary Eleanor Kramer - 1917 - 322 pages
...Woodman, Spare That Tree," and tell the circumstances that led to the writing. 63. Who wrote: "If one write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mouse-trap than his neighbor, though he build his home in the wilderness, the world will make a beaten path to his door"? 64. Who wrote " The... | |
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