 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...  The British Essayists - Page 261edited by - 1807Full view - About this book
 | Jules Janick - Science - 1992 - 498 pages
...(1726) in his Presidential Address to the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) in 1988: "Whoever 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... | |
 | Suzy Platt - Quotations, English - 1992 - 550 pages
...of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Julian P. Boyd, vol. 8, p. 426 (1953). 30 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... | |
 | Houston County (Tenn.) - 1995 - 220 pages
...days may be long; a way to rescue their memory from oblivion. It has been said that "the man who makes two blades of grass grow upon a spot of ground. where only one grew before, deserves better of mankind than the whole race of politicians put together." Yet. as a farmer, he leaves... | |
 | Kan Wang, Alfredo Herrera-Estrella, Marc van Montagu - Science - 2004 - 204 pages
...94-1I609CIP ISBN 0 521 45089 6 hardback ISBN 0521 54820 9 paperback 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... | |
 | Sir Kenneth Lyon Blaxter, Noel F. Robertson - Business & Economics - 1995 - 318 pages
...in 1727 recorded in Gulliver's Travels that the King of Brobdingnag '. . . 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... | |
 | Stephen Stertz - Study Aids - 2013 - 110 pages
...King is unnecessarily cautious. The King is unfamiliar with European secrets of statecraft, and thinks that: whoever 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... | |
 | David Gale Johnson - Business & Economics - 1996 - 464 pages
...Two Blades of Grass: Research for US Agriculture ROBERT E. EVENSON 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... | |
 | Thomas William Körner - Mathematics - 1996 - 548 pages
...Gulliver's voyages to satirizing the mathematicians of his day. Elsewhere he makes clear 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... | |
 | Joyce E. Chaplin - History - 1993 - 434 pages
...detached from political gain or self-interest, as when a character in Gulliver's Travels (1726) said, "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 . . . than... | |
 | Robert Andrews - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1997 - 666 pages
...with the Hoe," st. 1 , The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems ( 1 899). 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... | |
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