| Abraham John Valpy - 1817 - 618 pagini
...derived from this part of his plan for its improvement. It would be to deny the long received aphorism, that he who causes two blades of grass to grow where only one grew before, does more good to society, than he who conquers kingdoms ! To suffer British agriculture... | |
| Henry Rowe Schoolcraft - 1825 - 486 pagini
...natural sciences in this country, and it will scarcely be deemed misplaced by the general reader. If he, " who causes two blades of grass to grow where only one grew before," is a public benefactor, certainly the person who causes the multiplication of the race... | |
| 1827 - 554 pagini
...cultivated by the hand of man, of producing the fairest blossoms, and bearing the richest fruits. If he who causes two blades of grass to grow, where only one has grown before, has been thought worthy the patriot name, with what title shall he be honoured under... | |
| 1830 - 802 pagini
...so is the progress of improvement, when skill and attention are applied to cultivation. It has been said, that he who causes two blades of grass to grow,...persevering skill of the horticulturist may discover. The following address was delivered by the secretary, Mr. Grierson r — *' The happy effects of the great... | |
| William Russell - 1828 - 910 pagini
...cultivated by the hand of man, of producing the fairest blossoms, and bearing the richest fruits. If he who causes two blades of grass to grow, where only one has grown before, has been thought worthy the patriot name, with what title shall he be honoured under... | |
| 1834 - 506 pagini
...world— no fount Of deep, strong, deathless love, save that within A mother's heart. MRS. HUMANS. He who causes two blades of grass to grow where only one appeared before, is, in the eye of reason and philosophy, a nobler agent than the hero who mows down... | |
| 1844 - 398 pagini
...deserve our warmest gratitude. He who plants a tree, in a spot which might else be barren, no less than he who causes two blades of grass to grow where only one grew before, lays his country under an obligation. So says an English ex-chancellor ; and if the reader... | |
| 1853 - 730 pagini
...the following fact ; and if you deem it worth inserting in our Magazine I shall be glad. It has beea said, that he who causes two blades of grass to grow where onlyone grew before, is a benefactor to society. To do this now in England, in its day of Free Trade,... | |
| Ezra Stiles Gannett - 1853 - 66 pagini
...Britain to Australia. Whoever renders human life more desirable is a benefactor of his kind. It has been said, that he who causes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before is worthy to bear this name ; in other words, whoever increases, permanently, the... | |
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