... standing. In the ploughing season, no one has a deeper share in the well-being of the country than he. If Dean Swift were right in saying that he who makes two blades of grass grow where one grew before confers a greater benefit on the state than... The Atlantic Monthly - Página 2531859Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| 1879 - 458 páginas
...St. Petersburg " .... " 11,610 6;770 4,840 Marseilles " .... " 10,500 4,030 5,940 It has been said that he who makes two blades of grass grow where one grew before is a benefactor of his race. How much more is he a benefactor who has caused thousands of miles to be... | |
| New Hampshire. Department of Agriculture - 1876 - 750 páginas
...of corn on one acre of land than there is in raising the same amount on two acres; that the farmer who makes two blades of grass grow where one grew before is truly a man that the country will honor. An observing man can already see the good influence this organization... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1877 - 572 páginas
...season, по one has я deeper share in the well-being of the country than he. If Dean Swift were riiiht in saying that he who makes two blades of grass grow where one grew befonconfers a greater benefit on the state than he who taketu a city. Mr. R might exhibit .ч... | |
| Joseph Buckner Killebrew - 1878 - 528 páginas
...the midst of his extravaganzas, uttered a truism that will go down to all ages when he said " the man who makes two blades of grass grow where one grew before, is a great public benefactor;" and when the citizens of Tennessee look at their own interest in a proper... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1880 - 662 páginas
...ploughing reason, no one has a deeper share in the well-being of the country than he. If Dean Swift were right in saying that he who makes two blades of grass grow where one grew before centers a greater benefit on the state than he whotaketh a city, Mr. B. might exhibit a... | |
| 1880 - 690 páginas
...circumstance not supposed to be contemplated in the ordinary arrangements of social life.' We are told that he who makes two blades of grass grow where one grew before, is a true benefactor uf mankind. What must she be who makes two loave* of bread stand where only one stood... | |
| Joseph Buckner Killebrew - 1880 - 172 páginas
...the midst of his extravaganzas, uttered a truism that will go down to all ages, when he said "the man who makes two blades of grass grow where one grew before, is a great public benefactor ; " and when the citizens of Tennessee look at their own interest in a proper... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1882 - 494 páginas
...ploughing season, no one has a deeper share in the well-being of the country than he. It Dean Swift were right in saying that he who makes two blades of grass grow where one grew before confers a greater benefit on the state than he who taketh a ciry, Mr. B. might exhiblt... | |
| Charles Wilkins - 1882 - 632 páginas
...for the Welsh Fusiliers is particularly good. To be had at all bookstalls. WILLIAM MENELAUa "The man who makes two blades of grass grow where one grew before " is, in proverbial phraseology, declared a benefactor of his species. In the rank of such benefactors I... | |
| John Michels - 1925 - 960 páginas
...Institute and the Mellon Institute; and others more definitely affiliated with colleges could be named. "He who makes two blades of grass grow where one grew before is a public benefactor." This encomium of praise to the farmer who is more industrious than his fellows... | |
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