 And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race...  The Meaning of Democracy - 67. lappuseautors: William Fletcher Russell, Thomas Henry Briggs - 1941 - 413 lapasPilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
 | New York State Agricultural Society - 1862 - 916 lapas
...did not intend, give new and lasting significance to the opinion of the fabled king of Brobdignag, " that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades...than the whole race of politicians put together." RENSSELAER. BP JOHNSON, ESQ. : Secretary State Agricultural Society. SIK — I have to submit to you... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1862 - 432 lapas
...grass, grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, deserves better of mankind, and does more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together. The farmer has indeed a great mission to fulfil, and if, for a time, he did not rise to the height... | |
 | Robert Scott Burn - 1863 - 380 lapas
...there is truth in the doctrine of him who was not wont to write genially or kindly, that " he who can make two ears of corn or two blades of grass to grow...upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, will deserve better of mankind than the whole race of politicians put together/' let us not arrogate... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1864 - 416 lapas
...determination of civil and. criminal causes ; with some other obvious topics, which are not worth considering. And he gave it for his opinion, " that whoever could...than the whole race of politicians put together." The learning of this people is very defective ; consisting only of morality, history, poetry, and mathematics,... | |
 | 1864 - 622 lapas
...improvement, and give a retrospective application to the sentiment of Dean Swift, that " Whoever has made two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, deserves better of mankind, and has done more essential service to his country, than the whole race... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 lapas
...him prey ; And these have smaller still to bite 'em. And so proceed ad inftnitum. Poetry, a Rhapsody. And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could...country, than the whole race of politicians put together. Gullicer's Tracels. * As geographers crowd into the edges of their maps, parts of the world which they... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Francis Waller - 1865 - 414 lapas
...gunpowder. *' I have perused many of their books, especially those on history and morality.'' — Page 161. his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn,...than the whole race of politicians put together.* * This aphorism has become celebrated, and is often quoted by statesmen and political economists. It... | |
 | Ackworth sch - 1865 - 442 lapas
...determination of civil and criminal causes ; with some other obvious topics which are not worth considering ; and he gave it for his opinion, "that whoever could...blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than... | |
 | 1865 - 972 lapas
...for her harshness. Ham lived many years, and Broadfoot was not the only Indian who felt his revenge. Whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of grdund, where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service... | |
 | Merrill D. Peterson - 1998 - 572 lapas
...his opinion that whoever could make two ears of corn, or even two blades of grass grow upon a plot of ground where only one grew before would deserve...than the whole race of politicians put together." The praise of Jefferson by the votaries of science was not mistaken, though it was often given for... | |
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