 This is an observation of a very narrow mind: a mind that is confined to the mere object of commerce — that sees with a microscopic eye but a part of the great machine of the economy of life, and thinks that small part which...  The Metropolitan - Page 141842Full view - About this book
 | Allan Cunningham - Artists - 1886 - 360 pages
...the famous Dean of Gloucester, asserted before the Society for encouraging Commerce and Manufactures, that a pin-maker was a more useful and valuable member of society than Raphael. When Sir Joshua was informed of this he was nettled, and said, with some asperity — " That is an... | |
 | John Barrell - Art - 1995 - 384 pages
...as blind and mechanical as those engaged in the manufactures they promoted: of Tucker's observation that 'a pin-maker was a more useful and valuable member of society than Raffaele', Reynolds remarked in conversation — though he thought the remark worth committing to paper... | |
 | Charles A. Cramer - Art - 2006 - 196 pages
...meeting of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, said, that he thought a pin-maker was a more useful and valuable member of society than Raffaelle. This is an observation of a very narrow mind; a mind that is confined to the mere object... | |
| |
