 There is no extravagance more prejudicial to the growth of national wealth than that wasteful negligence which allows genius that happens to be born of lowly parentage to expend itself in lowly work.  Principles of Economics - Page 262by Alfred Marshall - 1891 - 770 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Education - 1898 - 706 pages
...five times as numerous as all other classes put together, it is not unlikely that more than half of the best natural genius that is born into the country...negligence which allows genius that happens to be born of lowly parentage to expend itself in lowly work. No change would conduce so much to a rapid increase... | |
 | Alfred Marshall - Economic factors - 1892 - 496 pages
...or five times as numerous as all other classes put together, it is not unlikely that more than half the best natural genius that is born into the country...negligence which allows genius that happens to be born of lowly parentage to expend itself in lowly work. No change would conduce so much to a rapid increase... | |
 | National Conference on Social Welfare - Charities - 1896 - 556 pages
...or five times as numerous as all other classes put together, it is not unlikely that more than half the best natural genius that is born into the country...great part is fruitless for want of opportunity." "A spirit of caste," he adds, " has held back the workingmen and sons of workingmen from rising to... | |
 | National Conference of Charities and Correction (U.S.). Annual Session - Charities - 1896 - 558 pages
...or five times as numerous as all other classes put together, it is not unlikely that more than half the best natural genius that is born into the country...great part is fruitless for want of opportunity." " A spirit of caste," he adds, "has held back the workingmen and sons of workingmen from rising to... | |
 | Education - 1898 - 724 pages
...five times as numerous as all other classes put together, it is not unlikely that more than half of the best natural genius that is born into the country...negligence which allows genius that happens to be born of lowly parentage to expend itself in lowly work. No change would conduce so much to a rapid increase... | |
 | William Jewett Tucker - Preaching - 1898 - 244 pages
...classes put together, it is not unlikely that more than half of the best natural genius that is born in the country belongs to them; and of this a great part...negligence which allows genius that happens to be born of lowly parentage to expend itself in lowly work. No change would conduce so much to a rapid increase... | |
 | Alfred Marshall - Economics - 1903 - 574 pages
...or five times as numerous as all other classes put together, it is not unlikely that more than half the best natural genius that is born into the country...opportunity. There is no extravagance more prejudicial tof the growth of national wealth than that wasteful negligence i which allows genius that happens... | |
 | New York (State). Dept. of Labor - New York (State) - 1903 - 958 pages
...five times as numerous as all other classes put together, it is not unlikely that mere than half of the best natural genius that is born into the country belongs to them." And from this statement he goes on to draw the conclusion that " there is no extravagance more prejudicial... | |
 | Connecticut. Bureau of Labor Statistics - Connecticut - 1904 - 582 pages
...five times as numerous as all other classes put together, it is not unlikely that more than half of the best natural genius that is born into the country belongs to them." And from this statement he goes on to draw the conclusion that "there is no extravagance more prejudicial... | |
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