industriousness

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By then many Americans were deeply familiar with Franklin’s maxims about the importance of industriousness, thrift and self-reliance, which he published annually in “The Poor Richard’s Almanack” from 1732 to 1757.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

The Utah Legislature last winter approved a design featuring a beehive, a symbol of the prosperity and the industriousness of its Mormon pioneers.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 2, 2024

Constable wanted to give landscape subjects the stature of history painting so he constructed nature as a historical motif of English industriousness.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2023

The center also promises to delight guests by surrounding them with fluttering butterflies and immersing them in the creepy beauty and industriousness of insects.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2022

Eurasia is protected by its vast land spaces, Oceania by the width of the Atlantic and the Pacific, Eastasia by the fecundity and industriousness of its inhabitants.

From "1984" by George Orwell