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"One of your holy brotherhood, a brother of Saint Francis." "Dost thou know what that means, my son? Scanty clothing, hard fare, the absence of all that men most value, the welcoming of perils and hardships as thy daily companions, that thou mayst take thy life in thy hand, and find the sheep of Christ amongst the wolves." "All this I have been told." "Well, my son, thou art yet new to the world.
You must nurture the feelings, he thought, create a susceptibility, get the heart right, by holding out the value of a better state of things, and make the head to feel that you are sincere in your work of love; and, above all, you must not forget the stomach, for if that go empty crime will surely creep into the head.
Mining can never be put on the same basis as agriculture, for the reason that the risk of failure is infinitely greater, and that it is impossible to prove the value of any mine or mining region without spending a large amount of capital, the greater part of which will inevitably be lost in this work of initial development."
They were of all sizes and shapes and tints, from a pear-shaped, brilliant, Orient pearl of great value, to the golden pipi of inconsiderable worth. Woronick spoke of a pearl he had bought some years ago in Takaroa, the creation of which, he said, had cost the lives of three men including a great savant. "If you go to Takaroa," said Woronick, "be sure to see old Tepeva a Tepeva.
I think I have caught a glimpse of a constructive use for that which I had previously thought of as only destructive and terrible. This is what I mean. The life-principle having, through unknown millions of years, developed the conquest-principle by meeting difficulties and overcoming them, the difficulties had a value.
If the old machine played a trick on them again And it did! Right at the foot of a hill, and not far from the shore of Long Lake, the engine "died." "Whatever shall we do?" cried Helen. "No use wrangling about it," said Ruth, with a laugh. "Will we have to walk?" "Walk! and carry the ropes and everything else of value?" demanded Helen.
Without masters, without guides, often without books, in spite of poverty, that terrible extinguisher, I went ahead, persisted, facing my difficulties, until the indomitable bump ended by shedding its scanty contents. Yes, they were very scanty, yet possibly of some value, if circumstances had come to their assistance. I was a born animalist. Why and how? No reply.
"Very true, Ready," said Mr Seagrave, rising up; "it is not only useless, but even sinful to indulge in them, as they only can lead to our repining at the decrees of heaven. Let us now examine the rocks, and see if anything has been thrown up that may be of use to us." They walked round, but, with the exception of spars and a barrel or two of tar, they could find nothing of value.
New value will be given to craftsmanship and a sense of dedication now almost unknown to those who direct it. Consider the effect of this attitude on worker, trader, designer, employer: how many questions would then answer themselves, how many sore places would be healed.
The professor's eyes sparkled as he held the necklace up to the light and noted the fire and deep, rich colour of the stones. "Ah!" he ejaculated, "here is wealth with a vengeance, but reduced to about a tenth part of its original value by the crass ignorance and stupidity of somebody who did not know what irreparable mischief he was doing when he chipped and punched those ghastly great holes.
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