 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 Gleaner: A Series of Periodical Essays - Page 37edited by - 1811Full view - About this book
 | Stephen Stertz - 2013 - 110 pages
...King is unnecessarily cautious. The King is unfamiliar with European secrets of statecraft, and thinks that: whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country,... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 pages
..."The Man with the Hoe," st. 1 , The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems ( 1 899). And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn,...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... | |
 | Craig Canine - 1997 - 320 pages
...after a few moments. "We may use it someday. It could save us beaucoup bucks." HEREDITY AND HORSEPOWER 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... | |
 | Richard Hoggart - 380 pages
...time must lend themselves to their committal. Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, 1835-40 Whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind and do more... | |
 | J. Hill, Heiko C. Becker, P.M. Tigerstedt - 1997 - 302 pages
...improvements were made to the text as a result of his advice. JH HCB PMAT July 1997 And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn,...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... | |
 | Samuel Anthony Barnett - 1998 - 308 pages
...questions (and perhaps some answers) on human societies. CHAPTER 8 ECOLOGY: SPECIES LIVING TOGETHER 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... | |
 | Edward Baugh - 1998 - 148 pages
...epigraph to that scrapbook is a sentence from that most shrewd observer of mankind, Jonathan Swift: 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... | |
 | Daniel Hillel - 1998 - 771 pages
...for the early spring day 351/58 = 6.1 mm for the late spring day 459/58 = 7.9 mm for the summer day Whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot where only one grew before would deserve better of mankind and do more essential service to his country... | |
 | William Least Heat Moon - 1999 - 644 pages
...concentrates his mind wonderfully." — Samuel Johnson, in Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson (1777) 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... | |
 | Edward Geoffrey Parrinder, Geoffrey Parrinder - 2000 - 389 pages
...for which the Holy Name of God be praised! Samuel Pepys, Diary, 31 October 1666 16 He gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn...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... | |
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