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" ... in his hand who sits in the midst of a great orchestra with the ebbing and flowing tides of divine sound washing over him — why, certainly, he is at work, if you wish to call it that, but lord, it's a sarcasm just the same. The law of work does... "
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court - Page 268
by Mark Twain - 1889 - 433 pages
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The Writings of Mark Twain: see Old Catalog -. 23. The man that corrupted ...

Mark Twain - 1899 - 436 pages
...only just words, words — they meant nothing in the world to him, I might just as well have whistled. Words realize nothing, vivify nothing to you, unless...actor, preacher, singer is constructively in heaven vhen he is at work ; and as for the musician with the fidu^-bow in his hand who sits in the midst of...
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Mark Twain als literarische Persönlichkeit

Friedrich Schönemann - 1925 - 140 pages
...Carlyle erweitert und vertieft1). einen gewaltigen nationalökonomischen Sieg über Dowley (S. 278): „Intellectual „work" is misnamed; it is a pleasure, a dissipation, and is its own highest reward." Andrew Langs Kritik über den „Connecticut Yankee", als ob Mark Twain nicht genug Wissen gehabt hätte,...
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Mark Twain als literarische Persönlichkeit

Friedrich Schönemann - 1925 - 136 pages
...und vertieft l). einen gewaltigen nationalökonomischen Sieg über Dowley (S. 278): „Inteüectual „work" is misnamed; it is a pleasure, a dissipation, and is its own highest reward." Andrew Langs Kritik über den „Connecticut Yankee", als ob Mark Twain nicht genug Wissen gehabt hätte,...
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The Artist and Political Vision

Benjamin R. Barber, Michael J. Gargas McGrath - 432 pages
...moment of insight. Hank sees the monetary and psychological deprivations of modern work. He sees that "intellectual 'work' is misnamed; it is a pleasure, a dissipation, and is its own highest reward" (XXVIII), whereas physical labor is difficult drudgery: "there isn't money enough in the universe to...
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Mark Twain: Historical Romances (LOA #71): The Prince and the Pauper / A ...

Mark Twain - 1994 - 1068 pages
...because they know all about the one, but haven't tried the other. But I know all about both; and as far as I am concerned, there isn't money enough in...constructively in heaven when he is at work; and as for the magician with the fiddle-bow in his hand who sits in the midst of a great orchestra with the ebbing...
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Speaking of Science

Jon Fripp, Michael Fripp, Deborah Fripp - 2000 - 262 pages
...Engineers referring to the US Army Corp of Engineers transportation and support mission in World War II. Intellectual "work" is misnamed; it is a pleasure, a dissipation, and is its own highest reward. — Mark Twain In A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, 1889 Results! Why, man, I have gotten...
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Mark Twain - 2007 - 481 pages
...and so far as I am concerned, there isn't money enough in the universe to hire me to swing a pickax thirty days, but I will do the hardest kind of intellectual...lecturer, advocate, legislator, actor, preacher, singer is cono ' J: o structively in heaven when he is at work; and as for the magician with the fiddle bow in...
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