“Dejection of spirits, which may have prevented many a man from becoming an author, made me one. I find constant employment necessary, and therefore take care to be constantly employed. . . . When I can find no other occupation, I think; and when I think, I am very apt to do it in rhyme.” ThinkingMenMayMadeI CanCareSpiritBecomingConstantTake CareEmploymentOccupationRhymeEmployed Book:The Poetical Works of William Cowper: With Life ; Six Engravings on Steel Source: The Poetical Works of William Cowper: With Life ; Six Engravings on Steel
“In a state of tranquility, wealth, and luxury, our descendants would forget the arts of war and the noble activity and zeal which made their ancestors invincible. Every art of corruption would be employed to loosen the bond of union which renders our resistance formidable. When the spirit of liberty which now animates our hearts and gives success to our arms is extinct, our numbers will accelerate our ruin and render us easier victims to tyranny.” GivingHeartArtMadeWarStatesWould BeSpiritWealthForgetNumbersLibertyArmsEasierActivityVictimUnionsCorruptionNobleTyrannyResistanceRuinsLuxuryAncestorTranquilityEmployedArt Of WarZealInvincibleDescendantsFormidableAccelerate Author:Samuel Adams
“In the metaphysical elements of aesthetics the various nonmoral feelings are to be made use of; in the elements of moral metaphysics the various moral feelings of men, according to the differences in sex, age, education, and government, of races and climates, are to be employed.” MenMadeUseFeelingsGovernmentAgeSexDifferencesRaceMoralElementsClimateVariousMetaphysicsMetaphysicalEmployedAesthetics Book:The Educational Theory of Immanuel Kant Source: The Educational Theory of Immanuel Kant
“But, after all, the sciences have made progress, because philosophers have applied themselves with more attention to observe, and have communicated to their language that precision and accuracy which they have employed in their observations: In correcting their language they reason better.” MadeReasonLanguageAttentionProgressPhilosopherObservationEmployedAccuracyPrecisionCorrecting Author:Etienne Bonnot de Condillac
“It is therefore, the interest of all, that every one, from birth, should be well educated, physically and mentally, that society may be improved in its character, - that everyone should be beneficially employed, physically and mentally, that the greatest amount of wealth may be created, and knowledge attained, - that everyone should be placed in the midst of those external circumstances that will produce the greatest number of pleasurable sensations, through the longest life, that man may be made truly intelligent, moral and happy, and be thus prepared to enter upon the coming Millennium.” MenShouldWellsMayMadeCharacterInterestWealthNumbersMoralProduceAmountBirthCircumstancesIntelligentPreparedEducatedMidstSensationsEmployedMillenniumWell Educated Author:Robert Owen