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" And the great cry that rises from all our manufacturing cities, louder than their furnace blast, is all in very deed for this, - that we manufacture everything there except men; we blanch cotton, and strengthen steel, and refine sugar, and shape pottery;... "
Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Instruction - Page 83
by American Institute of Instruction - 1865
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The Stones of Venice: The sea-stories

John Ruskin - Architecture - 1853 - 456 pages
...could only see with what crystal sand their points were polished, — sand of human soul, much to be magnified before it can be discerned for what it is,...all in very deed for this, — that we manufacture everything there except men ; we blanch cotton, and strengthen steel, and refine sugar, and shape pottery;...
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On the nature of Gothic architecture: and herein of the true functions of ...

John Ruskin - 1854 - 104 pages
...could only see with what crystal sand their points were polished, — sand of human soul, much to be magnified before it can be discerned for what it is,...all in very deed for this, - — that we manufacture everything there except men ; we blanch cotton, and strengthen steel, and refine sugar, and shape pottery...
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A Commonplace Book of Thoughts, Memories, and Fancies: Original and Selected ...

Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - Art and literature - 1855 - 398 pages
...of human soul, much to be magnified before it can be BEAUTY AND USE. discerned for what it is,—we should think there might be some loss in it also;...from all our manufacturing cities, louder than their furnace-blast, is all in very deed for this,— that we manufacture everything there except men, —...
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Self-help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct

Samuel Smiles - Character - 1859 - 368 pages
...we could only see with what crystal sand their points were polished, sand of human soul, much to be magnified before it can be discerned for what it is, we should think there would be some loss in it also. And the great cry that rises from all our manufacturing cities, louder...
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The Congregational Review, Volume 2

Congregationalism - 1862 - 692 pages
...could only see with what crystal sand their points were polished — sand of human soul, much to be magnified before it can be discerned for what it is — we should think that there might be some loss in it also. And the great cry that rises from all our manufacturing cities,...
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Precious Thoughts: Moral and Religious : Gathered from the Works of John Ruskin

John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1865 - 502 pages
...could only see with what crystal sand their points were polished, — sand of human soul, much to be magnified before it can be discerned for what it is,...all in very deed for this, — that we manufacture everything there except men; we blanch cotton, and strengthen steel, and refine sugar, and shape pottery;...
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Meliora, Volumes 7-8

Great Britain - 1865 - 792 pages
...the prosecution of the nation's work in methods more in accordance with the laws of human physiology. 'The great cry that rises from all our manufacturing...is all in very deed for this, that we manufacture everything there except men.' The Lancashire operative, dwarfed in height, thin, pale, narrow-chested,...
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Precious Thoughts: Moral and Religious. Gathered from the Works of John ...

John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - English essays - 1866 - 374 pages
...polished,—sand of human soul, much to be magnified before it can be discerned for what it is,—we should think there might be some loss in it also....than their furnace blast, is all in very deed for this,—that we manufacture everything there except men ; we blanch cotton, and strengthen steel, and...
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The stones of Venice.-3 vol

John Ruskin - 1867 - 458 pages
...could only see with what crystal sand their points were polished, — sand of human soul, much to be magnified before it can be discerned for what it is,...all in very deed for this, — that we manufacture everything there except men ; we blanch cotton, and strengthen steel, and refine sugar, and shape pottery...
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Selections from the Writings of John Ruskin

John Ruskin - 1868 - 506 pages
...could only see with what crystal sand their points were polished, — sand of human soul, much to be magnified before it can be discerned for what it is,...all in very deed for this, — that we manufacture everything there except men ; we blanch cotton, and strengthen steel, and refine sugar, and shape pottery...
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