 | 1873 - 164 pages
...Palmerston. — It is very usual to attribute the following sentiment to the late Lord Palmerston : " Whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades...than the whole race of politicians put together." It occurs in "Gulliver's Travels," p. 129, Vol. I, first edition, 1726. FITZ RICHARD. Harmonious Accident.... | |
 | Northern Wisconsin Agricultural and Mechanical Association - 1877 - 244 pages
...NORTHWESTERN. " He gave it for his opinion that whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, would deserve better of...than the whole race of politicians put together." — Swift. Many years ago, an American ship was sent out upon the Atlantic, by direction of Lieutenant... | |
 | 1877 - 478 pages
...blades of grass grow upon tbe apot where only one grew before would deserve belter of maukind, and dj more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together." Therefore, with His Royal Highness tbe Prince of Wales as leader, let the cry of landlords, tenants,... | |
 | University of the State of New York - 1878 - 146 pages
...after all in Dean Swift's oft-quoted sentiment found in Gulliver's Travels: "And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn...than the whole race of politicians put together." one it has its benefits, but they are of a different sort — intellectual, moral and spiritual. In... | |
 | 1878 - 312 pages
...criminal causes, with some other obvious topics which are not worth considering. 'And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn,...than the whole race of politicians put together.' Plato, Politic. 302, 303, sqq. XIII. ' TV IT Y little friend Grildrig,' said the King, ' you have .IV... | |
 | Noble Lovely Prentis - 1878 - 258 pages
...Gulliver's Travels, is still more striking. It reads: "And he gave it for his opinion, that whosoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass...than the whole race of politicians put together." You see, then, that the raising of two blades of grass will make you of more value than the whole race... | |
 | Donald Grant Mitchell - 1878 - 258 pages
...grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together." A good many orators have said the same thing since ; but the King of Brobdingnag said it first. Of... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1879 - 208 pages
...criminal causes , 6 with some other obvious topics which are not worth considering. And he gave it for his opinion, " that whoever could make two ears of corn,...than the whole race of politicians put together." The learning of this people is very defective, consisting only in morality, history, poetry, and mathematics,... | |
 | First Church (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.) - 1880 - 224 pages
...EntroDuctng &>on. ftlarsljall $3. tLffililBer. The next speaker will illustrate a remark made by Swift, " that whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades...than the whole race of politicians put together." It is a mere matter of formality to introduce Mr. MARSHALL P. WILDER, who, twenty-five years ago, presided... | |
 | First Church (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.) - 1880 - 188 pages
...applause. tntrotadng Jljon. iHavsljaH ijp. The next speaker will illustrate a remark made by Swift, " that whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades...than the whole race of politicians put together." It is a mere matter of formality to introduce Mr. MARSHALL P. WILDER, who, twenty-five years ago, presided... | |
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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... 
