 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Jason A. Scorza - 2008 - 290 pages
...of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels shares Bierce's antipolitical perspective when he declares, "And, he gave it for his Opinion, that whoever could...his Country, than the whole Race of Politicians put together."54 A heaping helping of antipolitical humor is ladled out every night by late-night comedians.... | |
 | Joseph Theodoor Leerssen - 2006 - 313 pages
...wise King of Brobdingnag exclaims: That whoever could make two Ears of Corn, or two Blades of Grass grow upon a Spot of Ground, where only one grew before;...his Country, than the whole Race of Politicians put together.79 By the later eighteenth century, Patriotism will be a stand-in term for Republicanism,... | |
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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... 
