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" The individual who causes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before, is held in highest emulation as a benefactor of his race. "
The Irrigation Age - Seite 201
1896
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Transactions of the Essex Agricultural Society from ...

1832 - 1030 Seiten
...Indeed, suffer this pursuit to languish, and the wheel of national industry must cease to revolve. If he, who causes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before, is a public benefactor ; he, surely, who improves the quality of agricultural products ; the form and...
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Railway Locomotives and Cars, Band 5

1836 - 848 Seiten
...purposes of intellectual improvement, or to innocent social enjoyment, must be a blessing. If the man who causes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before, is to be pronounced л public benefactor, certainly he is not less so, who will cause four to grow with...
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The Delaware Register and Farmers' Magazine, Band 2

William Huffington - 1839 - 500 Seiten
...will be the same as if they were of much greater magnitude. It is a just and true saying, that, "he who causes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before, deserves more praise from his country, than the man who has conquered a kingdom." The husbandman's...
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Transactions of the New-York State Agricultural Society for the ..., Band 29

New York State Agricultural Society - 1870 - 972 Seiten
...be able to form a more definite estimate of its significance. We shall perceive that the making of two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before, is equivalent to increasing the annual income of New York by the sum of §80,000,000, the annual income...
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The Sleep-rider: Or, The Old Boy in the Omnibus

Edward Sherman Gould - 1843 - 136 Seiten
...omnibus-atmosphere to an atmosphere of mysterious magnetic sympathies. I ". motto." ADAM SMITH says, that the man who causes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before, is a benefactor to his country. Adam is right. But he would have come quite as near the mark had he pushed...
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Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Band 12

1845 - 596 Seiten
...of statistics essential to the business man and the scholar, as well as the legislator. If " the man who causes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before" is worthy of enduring remembrance, the successful advocate of the American Statistical Bureau cannot and...
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The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Band 12

1845 - 598 Seiten
...of statistics essential to (ho husiness man and the scholar, as well as the legislator. If " the mau who causes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before" is worthy of enduring remembrance, the successful advocate of the American Statistical Bureau cannot and...
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Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion, Band 41

1852 - 702 Seiten
...the universe. To conclude : it has been said, that the greatest benefactor of the human race is he who causes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before : but to our eyes, he seems a greater benefactor — inasmuch as the intellectual are loftier and nobler...
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The Useful Man: A Sermon Delivered at the Funeral of Hon. Charles Paine, at ...

Ezra Stiles Gannett - 1853 - 66 Seiten
...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 means of sustenance,...
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Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture, Band 26

Massachusetts. State Board of Agriculture - 1879 - 526 Seiten
...shall we say of Mr. Hill's farming ? We often hear high compliments paid to a man who by his skill causes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before. Now, we believe that Mr. Hill has caused tons of nutritious tame grasses to grow where nothing but...
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