Dangerous conceits are in their natures poisons, Which at the first are scarce found to distaste,... But with a little act upon the blood Burn like the mines of sulphur.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The all American work ethic, destructive enough by itself, also packs a gender double standard that strip-mines the natural resour...ces of both parents. It has taught us that as their earnings and success increase, men become "more manly," while women become "less feminine." This perverse cultural dynamic gives fathers an incentive to stay away from their families and kill themselves at work, while coercing mothers to limit their career commitment, which in turn limits their wages and shortchanges their families.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests, and mines, and stone quarries; and every man is a qu...otation from all his ancestors.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Men hear gladly of the power of blood or race. Every body likes to know that his advantages cannot be attributed to air, soil, sea..., or to local wealth, as mines and quarries, nor to laws and traditions, nor to fortune, but to superior brain, as it makes the praise more personal to him.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The blacksmith dropped his hammer, the carpenter his plane, the mason his trowel, the farmer his sickle, the baker his loaf, and t...he tapster his bottle. All were off for the mines, some on horses, some on carts, and some on crutches, and one went in a litter.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The Butte citizen's blood pressure rises and falls with the price of copper. He opposes war "and yet, when you come to think of it..., war would probably raise the price of copper and increase work and wages ..." Sometimes he is half-convinced that Butte is the real capital of the United States and copper instead of gold the proper standard of values. If he is a miner, or has friends or near relatives in the mines, he is often grim and worried. Butte's streets are crowded nightly with persons intent upon a round of pleasure in bars and gambling places, some seeking to forget the fears of daily existence.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
As in digging for precious metals in the mines, much earthy rubbish has first to be troublesomely handled and thrown out; so, in d...igging in one's soul for the fine gold of genius, much dullness and common-place is first brought to light.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If George Washington were alive today, what a shining mark he would be for the whole camorra of uplifters, forward-lookers and pro...fessional patriots! He was the Rockefeller of his time, a promoter of stock companies, a land-grabber, an exploiter of mines and timber.... He was not pious. He drank whiskey whenever he felt chilly, and kept a jug of it handy. He knew far more profanity than Scripture, and used and enjoyed it more. He had no belief in the infallible wisdom of the common people, but regarded them as inflammatory dolts and tried to save the Republic from them.... He took no interest in the private morals of his neighbors. Inhabiting these States today, George would be ineligible for any office of honor or profit.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In faith, he is a worthy gentleman, Exceedingly well read, and profited... In strange concealments, valiant as a lion, And wondrous affable, and as bountiful As mines of India.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »