...effort, but when our coal, and our industrial operations depending on coal, were very little developed? Well then, what an unsound habit of mind it must be...and fixing standards of perfection that are real! The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light. He who works for sweetness...

...effort, but when our coal, and our industrial operations depending on coal, were very little developed? Well then, what an unsound habit of mind it must be...which our prodigious works for material advantage are directed, — the commonest of commonplaces tells us how men are always apt to regard wealth as a precious...

...effort, but when our coal, and our industrial operations depending on coal, were very little developed? Well, then, what an unsound habit of mind it must...which our prodigious works for material advantage are directed,— the commonest of commonplaces tells us how men are always apt to regard wealth as a precious...

...operations depending on coal, were very little developed I Well then, what an unsound habit of mind it rawl be which makes us talk of things like coal or iron as constituting the greatne»« of England, and how salutary a friend is culture, bent on seeing things as they are and...