...such districts to ponder well the words of Franklin: "A little neglect may breed a great mischief. For want of a nail a shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost, — being overtaken and slain by an...

...questions at issue, or the great matters at stake. The truth of one old saw so well known to most of you— For want of a nail a shoe was lost, For want of a shoe a horse was lost, For want of a horse a rider was lost, For want of a rider a battle was lost, For want of a victory a kingdom was lost, And...

...at issue, or the great matters at stake. The truth of one old saw so well known to most of you — For want of a nail a shoe was lost, For want of a shoe a horse was lost, For want of a horse a rider was lost, For want of a rider a battle was lost, For want of a victory a kingdom was lost, And...

...a dish of cereal from the golden West and milk and cream from a farmer in a distant hill town. 355 "For want of a nail, a shoe was lost; For want of a shoe, a horse was lost; For want of a horse, a rider was lost; For want of a rider, a battle was lost; And all for the want of a horseshoe nail."...

...Chicago: Rand McNally and Company. 1921. 260 pp. A long time ago we all learned from our readers that for want of a nail a shoe was lost; for want of a shoe a horse was lost; etc. In this book Professor Thorndike is not too big to be above the nails of arithmetic. Nor does...

...patience will accomplish much. Little strokes fell great oaks. A little neglect will do great mischief. For want of a nail a shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe a horse was lost ; for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy. All for want of a horseshoe nail ! Beware...

...time, men, and money were spent to regain those islands on the march to victory? Some of those men wrre from my town and every other town of America. All...all of us. I know I sound a little bit selfish for 1 am talking now in terms of my community. But it is not an isolated community. Like every other American...

...are there that will not roll? How many guns are there that will not fire? The old familiar saying, "For want of a nail, a shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, a horse was lost; for want of a horse, a battle was lost," is quite fitting. For example, every piece of mechanized equipment runs on bearings....

...are there that will not roll? How many guns are there that will not fire? The old familiar saying, "For want of a nail, a shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, a horse was lost; for want of a horse, a battle was lost," is quite fitting. For example, every piece of mechanized equipment runs on bearings....

...only by purely accidental configurations. He is the historian who takes seriously the nursery jingle, "For want of a nail, a shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, a horse was lost . . .," and so on with the rider, the message, the battle, and the kingdom. Even this historian invokes...