THERE is -NO WEALTH BUT LIFE. Life, including all its powers of love, of joy, and of admiration. That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings; that man is richest who, having perfected the functions of... Readings from Great Authors - Page 58by John Haynes Holmes, Harvey Dee Brown, Helen Edmunds Redding, Theodora Goldsmith - 1918 - 94 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1919 - 1188 pages
...them what wonders and treasuries of joy lay for every man and woman in the mere faculty of sight. ' There is no wealth but life; life, including all its powers of love, of joy, of admiration.' Such sayings as that were startling paradoxes to a time that believed in letting the... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1860 - 858 pages
...desire, in closing the series of introductory papers, to leave this one great fact clearly stated. THERE is -NO WEALTH BUT LIFE. Life, including all...noble and happy human beings; that man is richest who, having perfected the functions of his own life to the utmost, has also the widest helpful influence,... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1860 - 858 pages
...closing the series of introductory papers, to leave this one great fact clearly stated. THERE is-ко WEALTH BUT LIFE. Life, including all its powers of...noble and happy human beings; that man is richest who, having perfected the functions of his own life to the utmost, has also the widest helpful influence,... | |
| Henry Mills Alden, Thomas Bucklin Wells, Lee Foster Hartman, Frederick Lewis Allen - 1861 - 878 pages
...series of introductory papers, to leave this one great fact clearly stated. TIIBRE is NO WEALTH ист LIFE. Life, including all its powers of love, of joy,...and happy human beings ; that man is richest who, having perfected the functions of his own life to the utmost, has also the widest helpful influence,... | |
| E A. Snow - 1866 - 144 pages
...Life. Life ; including all its powers of love, joy, and of admiration.' ' That country,' he says, ' is the richest, which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings,' ie healthy beings. A startling proposition this to those who boast that Great Britain is the richest,... | |
| 1871 - 970 pages
...placed in the teacher's hands. Cms. " THERE is no wealth but life. Life, including all its power« of love, of joy, and of admiration. That country is the richest which nourishes the (Creates! number of noble and happy beings ; that man is the richest who, baring perfected the functions... | |
| John Ruskin - 1872 - 156 pages
...TIIEUE is NO WEALTH BUT LIFK. Life, • indnding all its powers of love, of joy, and of admiration. I That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest...and happy. human beings; that man is richest who, having perfected the functions of his own lift ; to the utmost, has also the widest helpful influence,... | |
| 1893 - 902 pages
...possesses simply physical health, strength, and reasoning faculties, with clothes enough to cover * " There is no wealth but life ; life including all its powers of love, of joy, and of admiration." — BUSKIN. him, we rise by insensible gradations, by an unbroken line, to the millionaire who controls... | |
| John Ruskin - 1877 - 216 pages
...desire, in closing the series of introductory papers, to leave this one great fact clearly stated. THERE is NO WEALTH BUT LIFE. Life, including all its...noble and happy human beings; that man is richest who, having perfected the functions of his own life to the utmost, has also the widest helpful influence,... | |
| John Ruskin - 1881 - 152 pages
...desire, in closing the series of introductory papers, to leave this one great fact clearly stated. THEJIE is NO WEALTH BUT LIFE. Life, including all its powers...noble and happy human beings; that man is richest who, having perfected the functions of his own lifa to the utmost, has also the widest helpful influence,... | |
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