 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
 | Richard Hoggart - 2005 - 226 pages
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 | David Rothkopf - 2005 - 588 pages
...their old boy network. Certainly, almost any American today would find some truth in the observation that "whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades...his country than the whole race of politicians put together."1 There are many tiny threads, some invisible, all surprisingly strong, that bind modern... | |
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...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... | |
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..."Statistical Yearbook of China." Hong Kong, 1981. AMMONIA, NITRIC ACID AND THEIR DERIVATIVES . . . whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades...to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew hefore, would . . . do more essential service to this country, than the whole race of politicians put... | |
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...waste that is incinerated will probably grow. Soil, Crops, and Food Whoever could make two ears of corn to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind than the whole race of politicians put together. —Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels Food ranks with... | |
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...allows, Does well, acts nobly, angels could do no more. YOUNG. " Whoever can make two ears of 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 service to his country than the... | |
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