 | Graham Humphrys, Michael Williams - 2005 - 244 pages
...the eighteenth century that the essential servant of his country and of mankind would be the man who "could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass...upon a spot of ground where only one grew before", and there was often a regional identification (the county was seen as an important unit) of the waste... | |
 | Orison Swett Marden - 2005 - 461 pages
...corn, two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before," says Swift, " would deserve better of mankind and do more essential...than the whole race of politicians put together." CHAPTER XII CONCENTRATED ENERGY This one thing I do,— ST. PAWL The one prudence in life is concentration... | |
 | Icon Reference - 2006 - 344 pages
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 | ICON Reference - 2006 - 320 pages
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 | David Ross - 2006 - 394 pages
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 | Fred R. Shapiro - 2006 - 1092 pages
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 | Frank Palmeri - 2006 - 256 pages
...evil Genius, Enemy to Mankind, must have been the first Contriver." This is the same king who says, "whoever could make two Ears of Corn, or two Blades...grew before, would deserve better of Mankind, and do a more essential service to his Country, than the whole Race of Politicians put together."3 It is not... | |
 | D. John Shaw - 2007 - 544 pages
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 | Jonathan Swift - 2007 - 192 pages
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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... 
