The incessant repetition of the same hand-work dwarfs the man, robs him of his strength, wit, and versatility, to make a pin- poli...sher, and buckle-maker, or any other specialty; and presently, in a change of industry, whole towns are sacrificed like ant-hills, when cotton takes the place of linen, or railways of turnpikes, or when commons are inclosed by landlords.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Truth is his inspirer, and earnestness the polisher of his sentences. He could afford to lose his Sharp's rifles, while he retaine...d his faculty of speech,--a Sharp's rifle of infinitely surer and longer range.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »