 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
 | Douglas Gordon Crawford - English language - 1919 - 398 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. 2. It is good policy to strike while the iron is hot ; it is still better to adopt Cromwell's... | |
 | Pharmaceutical industry - 1911 - 496 pages
...preach a better sermon, write a. better book, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though hi build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten p\th to his door. — [Emerson. "If a man can build a better mousetrap or preach a better sermon thim... | |
 | Frank Ellsworth Spaulding, Catherine Turner Bryce - Readers - 1920 - 360 pages
...blacksmith? Explain. 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...woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door. — RW EMERSON • REVERENCE It may seem a small offense, especially in a child, to be rude ; a gnat... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - Mottoes - 1920 - 76 pages
...Hubbard .25 59 — If a man can 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. — Ralph Waldo Emerson. . .25 .15 61 — If the devil finds you idle he will set you to work as sure... | |
 | Medicine - 1920 - 508 pages
...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." Yes, eventually. If a man can do one of these things nowadays he should seek his markets; live close... | |
 | Edgar Lincoln Willard - English language - 1921 - 220 pages
...mer' chan dise "If a man can 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." — Ralph Waldo Emerson. Review Lesson electricity desperate attention primary merchandise clothier... | |
 | Frank Cummins Lockwood, Clarence De Witt Thorpe - Oratory - 1921 - 296 pages
...JAMES GARFIELD 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 woods, the world will make a beaten pathway to his door. Dr. Johnson once turned upon one of his flatterers, and addressed him thus: "Sir,... | |
 | Antiques - 1922 - 118 pages
...GLOUCESTER, MASS. Telephone Connection " If a man can write a better book or 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 EMERSON Copies of ANTIQUES for January, 1922, are in the publisher's hands. The supply... | |
 | Zetta Barker Hamby - Social Science - 1997 - 268 pages
...man can build a better mouse trap, or write a better letter than his neighbor, even though he lives in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door." As a class we heard, "Whatever you plan to be, be the best." We were from farm families and accustomed... | |
 | Richard Dowis - Business & Economics - 2000 - 292 pages
...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. I once used it this way in a speech for a marketing executive: Emerson said that if you build a better... | |
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