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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... "
Treasury of Thought: Forming an Encyclopædia of Quotations from Ancient and ... - Page 17
by Maturin Murray Ballou - 1894 - 579 pages
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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase, Saying, and Quotation

Elizabeth M. Knowles - 1997 - 728 pages
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The Laugh of Lost Men: An Irish Journey

Brian Lalor - 1997 - 246 pages
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Dream Reaper: The Story of an Old-Fashioned Inventor in the High-Tech, High ...

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...country than the whole race of politicians put together — Jonathan Swift, Gullivers Travels (1726) Oh, what a beauty she was There was nothing more beautiful...
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Forbes Book of Business Quotations: 14,266 Thoughts on the Business of Life

Ted Goodman - 1997 - 1008 pages
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The Tyranny of Relativism: Culture and Politics in Contemporary English Society

Richard Hoggart - 380 pages
...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,...country than the whole race of politicians put together. Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels, 172.6 So Mrs Thatcher's first government rode in on a wave, with...
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Proceedings of the 30th International Geological Congress. 1. Origin and ...

Hung-chen Wang, Hongzhen Wang, Borming Jahn, Shih-jung Mei - 1997 - 232 pages
...perspective when he said "...Whoever could make two ears of com or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot where only one grew before would deserve better of...than the whole race of politicians put together..."! I suspect the common reaction of most earth scientists to the issue of ensuring security of food supplies...
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Jonathan Swift

Victoria Glendinning - 1998 - 350 pages
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Quantitative and Ecological Aspects of Plant Breeding

J. Hill, Heiko C. Becker, P.M. Tigerstedt - 1997 - 302 pages
...draft. Numerous 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...country, than the whole race of politicians put together. (voyage to Brobdingnag, from Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift.) 1 Genetic foundations; the historical...
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The Science of Life: From Cells to Survival

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...country than the whole race of politicians put together. JONATHAN SWIFT TO GET AN IDEA of the meaning of ecology, the reader is recommended to look around....
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Chancellor, I Present ...: A Collection of Convocation Citations Given at ...

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...country than the whole race of politicians put together. Chancellor, such a person stands before you now, namely Carlton Alexander. His success with the firm...
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