 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...  Notes and Queries - Page 4541900Full view - About this book
 | Sherry Lynn Smith - 2003 - 324 pages
...grazing."73 There are other long-standing views. In 1 726, social critic Jonathan Swift wrote, "And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two...than the whole race of politicians put together." According to the modern agricultural policy analyst Earl O. Heady, exclusive attention to protecting... | |
 | S. M. Haslam - 2003 - 311 pages
...oft the Common But let the greater villain loose Who steals the Common from the goose (Anon ) And he gave it for his opinion that whoever could make two...country, than the whole race of politicians put together. (Dean Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels) The kidneys of the landscape (Mitsch and Gosselink 1993)... | |
 | Pawan K. Jaiwal, Rana P. Singh - 2003 - 442 pages
...Jonathan Swift put it in a nutshell: in “Gulliver's Travels”, the king of Brobdingnag declares that “... whoever could make two ears of corn, or...than the whole race of politicians put together” (J. Swift, 1726). These lines were written in 1726, when the world's population was under 1 billion;... | |
 | D. V. ரங்கராஜன் - 2003 - 554 pages
...things straight. LlmtflifluL\ srwnj fljfln«frflj sr«ueiweLifDsronja/ui Gfyjir^& (Lfnf.ujui. 3329. Whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades...country than the whole race of politicians put together. - Jonathan Swift ff,emijuSlsu gff |§lL£>^)< g\eueuff!) L/«ii«i5)«ir ^lifsmQl {jjfsmeu&ansir sueirijs... | |
 | Patrick Flaherty - 2003 - 104 pages
...— Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862 Henry David Thoreau was an American writer and philosopher. And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two...better of mankind, and do more essential service to his count.y, than the whole race of politicians put together. —Jonathan Swift 1667-1745 Jonathan Swift... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Deborah Cassidi - 2003 - 196 pages
...to sea is a healthy dose of apprehension.' Henry Lang, farmer and countryman 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, would deserve better of mankind, and do more... | |
 | Peter Brandt - 2003 - 189 pages
...permission; © 2001 American Society of Plant Physiologists, Plant 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 would deserve better of Mankind, and do more... | |
 | 2004 - 266 pages
...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 make...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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