 | Martha Adelaide Holton, Charles Madison Curry - 1914 - Страниц: 308
...in the case. He confined the knowledge of governing within very narrow bounds, to common sense 450 and reason, to justice and lenity, to the speedy determination...could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, 465 to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before,- would deserve better of mankind, and... | |
 | Philippines. Bureau of Education - 1912 - Страниц: 84
...about 16 centavos a day for children. (From Posselt's Textile Journal, Vol. X, No. 4, April, 1912.) "And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could...of corn or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country,... | |
 | Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke - 1918 - Страниц: 936
...in this field, one recalls the words written by Jonathan Swift two centuries ago: And he gave it as his opinion that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot where oniy one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country... | |
 | 1954 - Страниц: 1342
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| 1947 - Страниц: 742
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 | John Philip Sousa - 1920 - Страниц: 266
...?" the mother asked. "Of course, they must!" Nancy exclaimed. "Only the other night I read in a book that whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass to grow where only one grew before would deserve better of mankind and do more essential service to the world... | |
 | 1920 - Страниц: 434
...foundations of our modern breeds of live stock. To them Swift's familiar aphorism may be applied — ' 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... | |
 | Stephen Henry Roberts - 1924 - Страниц: 528
...and had determined the nature of later policies. PART V. THE PERIOD OF CLOSER SETTLEMENT. 1884-1920. "And he gave It for his opinion, 'that whoever could...two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country,... | |
 | 1952 - Страниц: 780
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 | New York (State). Governor (1913-1914 : Glynn) - 1926 - Страниц: 1328
...under this law, proved its value beyond all possible question. Dean Swift wrote that the farmer who could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind and do more essential service to his country... | |
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And he gave it for 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 essential service to his country, than the whole race of... 
