 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.  Medical Bulletin - Page 22by Colorado. University. School of medicine, University of Colorado - 1906Full view - About this book
 | Arkansas Historical Association - Arkansas - 1917 - 470 pages
...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 of the leading periodical journals of the country made capital use of the simple... | |
 | Municipal government - 1920 - 1062 pages
..."If a man write a better book, preach a better sermon or make a better mouse trap than his neighbors, though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door." Under present conditions it would be safe to apply this idea to express the interest which is evident... | |
 | Ernest Thompson Seton - Boys - 1917 - 476 pages
...a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a bettei mousetrap than his neighbor, though he live in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his doorway." So the Woodcraft Boy of to-day will learn to do, if he would be happy and healthful; for... | |
 | Ralph W. Polk - Printing - 1918 - 268 pages
...Emerson, who wrote: "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...world will make a beaten path to his door." This is undoubtedly true to a certain extent today, although publicity is recognized as a very essential factor... | |
 | Charles Alpheus Bennett, William Thomas Bawden - Manual training - 1918 - 466 pages
...Emerson did the following quotation appear? "If a man 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 following reply to the above question is furnished by Miss Louise Booth, reference librarian, Peoria... | |
 | New York and New England Association of Railway Surgeons - 1918 - 128 pages
...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 path to his door." — Ralph Waldo. Ed. RESULTS OF THE CARREL-DAKIN METHOD OF WOUND TREATMENT AT THE FRENCH FRONT. DR.... | |
 | William Iler Crane, William Henry Wheeler - Readers - 1919 - 364 pages
...and poems. She was born in Maine in 1849; If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mouse trap than his neighbor, though...woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door. THE SINGING LESSON JEAN INGELOW We have now helped you to understand many poems. But sometime you must... | |
 | Benjamin Olney Hough - Commerce - 1919 - 628 pages
...face of a constantly growing American business. Emerson 's famous dictum may be recalled : " If a man make a better mouse trap than his neighbor, though...woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door." FOREIGN PATENTS AND TRADE MARKS Fears of Americans to seek trade in Europe because of the fancied expense... | |
 | May Kirk Scripture, Eugene Jackson - Speech disorders - 1919 - 264 pages
...sniff signs. If a man can write a better book, A 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. Octave-Twist. Give the octave-twist in each of the following words on the heavy-type vowel. breaking... | |
 | Willard Grosvenor Bleyer - Authorship - 1919 - 392 pages
...learn it? " If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or sing a more glorious song than his neighbor, though he build his house in the...woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door." That a personal experience story may be utilized to show readers how to do something is demonstrated... | |
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