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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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Settlement Schemes in Tropical Africa: A Study of Organizations and Development

Robert Chambers - 1998 - 332 pages
...of Brobdignag: i . • • . • And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ear's of corn or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot...his country than the whole race of politicians put together.2 For the issues are less simple: they include whether, with the same resources, many more...
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Jonathan Swift: Major Works

Jonathan Swift - 2003 - 722 pages
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Favourite Wisdom

Deborah Cassidi - 2003 - 196 pages
...tz^=l And he gave it of his opinion, that 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 (1667-1745), from Gulliver's Travels 'As a farmer I often reflect on how many are still...
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Was geht uns die Gentechnik an?

Peter Brandt - 2003 - 189 pages
...Physiol, May 2001, Vol. 126, pp. 8-15 "Whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before...than the whole race of politicians put together." The King of Brobdingnag, Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, 1727. "I believe that we have now reached...
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Tales of Wonder

Mark Twain - 2003 - 428 pages
...people to be straight-speakers. (WWD, 545, n. 21) 51. Cp. the opinion of Swift's King of Brobdingnag: "whoever could make two Ears of Corn, or two blades...only one grew before; would deserve better of Mankind . . . than the whole Race of Politicians put together" (Gulliver's Travels, bk. 2, ch. 7). See n. 27...
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The Moorlands of England and Wales: An Environmental History 8000 BC to AD 2000

Ian Gordon Simmons - 2003 - 430 pages
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Pushing to the Front, Part 1

Orison Swett Marden - 2003 - 460 pages
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Vegetable Gardening

2004 - 266 pages
...thousands of plants with edible roots. leaves. fruits and flowers could be identified and grown as food. And he gave it for his opinion. 'that whoever could...than the whole race of politicians put together'. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels. 1726 Ancient times Prehistoric horticulture developed in the Neolithic...
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Brewer's Dictionary of Irish Phrase & Fable

Seán McMahon, Jo O'Donoghue - 2004 - 896 pages
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What Philosophy Is

Havi Carel, David Gamez - 2004 - 362 pages
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