 But a good education confers great indirect benefits even on the ordinary workman. It stimulates his mental activity; it fosters in him a habit of wise inquisitiveness; it makes him more intelligent, more ready, more trustworthy in his ordinary work;...  Principles of Economics - Page 261by Alfred Marshall - 1891 - 770 pagesFull view - About this book
 | North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders - Marine engineering - 1900 - 462 pages
...a comparatively small number of artisans. But a good education confers great indirect benefits even on the ordinary workman. It stimulates his mental...important means towards the production of material wealth. The wisdom of expending public and private funds in education is not to be measured by its direct fruits... | |
 | Wisconsin. Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics - Factory inspection - 1904 - 572 pages
..."Principles of Economics" the indirect advantage of an education to a laborer is summed up in these words: "It stimulates his mental activity : it fosters in...and out of working hours; it is thus an important moans towards the production of material wealth ; at the same time that, regarded as an end in itself,... | |
 | August William Weber - Education and state - 1914 - 152 pages
...indirect benefits, even on the ordinary workman. It stimulates his mental activity; it fosters in time a habit of wise inquisitiveness; it makes him more...life in working hours and out of working hours; it is an important means toward the production of material wealth; at the same time, that, regarded as an... | |
 | August William Weber - Education and state - 1914 - 150 pages
...Marshall: Principles of Economics, pp. 216, 217. ยป "A good education confers great indirect benefits, even on the ordinary workman. It stimulates his mental activity; it fosters in time a habit of wise inquisitiveness; it makes him more intelligent, more ready, more trustworthy,... | |
 | August William Weber - Education and state - 1914 - 156 pages
...Marshall: Principles of Economics, pp. 216, 217. 0 "A good education confers great indirect benefits, even on the ordinary workman. It stimulates his mental activity; it fosters in time a habit of wise inquisitiveraess; it makes him .more intelligent, more ready, more trustworthy,... | |
 | Mason Olcott - Education - 1926 - 310 pages
...made." (TJ Jones, Education in Africa, p. 59.) "A good education confers great indirect benefits even on the ordinary workman. It stimulates his mental...inquisitiveness ; it makes him more intelligent, more trustworthy in his ordinary work ; it raises the tone of his life in working hours and out of working... | |
 | John Cunningham Wood - Business & Economics - 1996 - 442 pages
...more Newton or Darwin, Shakespeare or Beethoven." Education also confers great indirect benefits even on the ordinary workman. It stimulates his mental...tone of his life in working hours and out of working 10 Alfred Marshall hours; it is thus an important means toward the production of material wealth; at... | |
 | Peter D. Groenewegen - Business & Economics - 1998 - 230 pages
...indirect benefits of a good education are greater than most people imagine. 'It stimulates [the workman's] mental activity; it fosters in him a habit of wise...life in working hours, and out of working hours.' Thus 'the wisdom of expending public and private funds on education is Principles of Economics (1890)... | |
 | John Cunningham Wood - Business & Economics - 1996 - 442 pages
...more Newton or Darwin, Shakespeare or Beethoven." Education also confers great indirect benefits even on the ordinary workman. It stimulates his mental...out of working hours; it is thus an important means toward the production of material wealth; at the same time that, regarded as an end in itself, it is... | |
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