The craftsman . j\ LS ifc kan. If I can. If we look in the^ ^ dictionary at we find it derived fromtlie Old English cunnen, to know, to know^ how,to be able. We can trace the family resemblancein the Anglo-Saxon , the Danish kunnen,Icelandic kunna, German konnen, Gothic ,and English ken to know. From the Anglo-Saxoncunnan came our word cunning, now used in anignoble sense, but whose original meaning w^asknowing, skillful. In Exodus we read of one ofthe tribe of Dan, an engraver and a cunningworkman. It is curious and interesting to noticethe fact that everywhere the word see
The craftsman . j\ LS ifc kan. If I can. If we look in the^ ^ dictionary at we find it derived fromtlie Old English cunnen, to know, to know^ how,to be able. We can trace the family resemblancein the Anglo-Saxon , the Danish kunnen,Icelandic kunna, German konnen, Gothic ,and English ken to know. From the Anglo-Saxoncunnan came our word cunning, now used in anignoble sense, but whose original meaning w^asknowing, skillful. In Exodus we read of one ofthe tribe of Dan, an engraver and a cunningworkman. It is curious and interesting to noticethe fact that everywhere the word seems to carrythe double meaning of knowledge and voices a universal instinct. He who kno^vs,can. Carlyle says in Hero Worship king is konning, kan ning, man that knows or cans. Butwe say We are tired of kings, we suffer them nomore. We shall say it no longer if our eyes areopened and we sec the true kings, men who knowthe bestand can do it. m. fir r ^MKliilKtiiy r.;.ti :.?• i^HiillliHl y iliiil t ? [^iit.;|. V|. IheCraftsin so sWort
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