The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 3Houghton, Mifflin, 1887 - Legislators |
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Page 100
... of his life were beneficent labor , and personal contentment . He never sought wealth , but devoted himself to the service of mankind . Yet by the practice of frugality and method , he secured the enjoyment of 100 ORATIONS AND DISCOURSES .
... of his life were beneficent labor , and personal contentment . He never sought wealth , but devoted himself to the service of mankind . Yet by the practice of frugality and method , he secured the enjoyment of 100 ORATIONS AND DISCOURSES .
Page 133
... labor , or the partial pursuit , of a whole life , yet the desire , without which the acquisition is never made , must be developed in early years . Considered in this view , it is impossible to estimate the influence of these libraries ...
... labor , or the partial pursuit , of a whole life , yet the desire , without which the acquisition is never made , must be developed in early years . Considered in this view , it is impossible to estimate the influence of these libraries ...
Page 148
... labor is an aristocrat , compared with the drudge who performs an allotted task . He who in the mechanic arts adds skill to patient industry , rises instantly above the uninstructed artisan ; and he who to industry and skill adds taste ...
... labor is an aristocrat , compared with the drudge who performs an allotted task . He who in the mechanic arts adds skill to patient industry , rises instantly above the uninstructed artisan ; and he who to industry and skill adds taste ...
Page 149
... labor of porters : in refined England , the task of scavengers of the streets . And in all those countries , I have seen them em- ployed in field labor , with countenances hardened by exposure to all vicissitudes of weather , and hands ...
... labor of porters : in refined England , the task of scavengers of the streets . And in all those countries , I have seen them em- ployed in field labor , with countenances hardened by exposure to all vicissitudes of weather , and hands ...
Page 165
... the husbandman's care ; in stimulating invention to the discovery of new principles of til- lage , machines , and implements , for increasing the fertility of • the soil and the productiveness of human labor But AGRICULTURE . 165.
... the husbandman's care ; in stimulating invention to the discovery of new principles of til- lage , machines , and implements , for increasing the fertility of • the soil and the productiveness of human labor But AGRICULTURE . 165.
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