...of the human family, who live in the vicinity ! There is no doubt it would succeed ; and if he, who makes two blades of grass grow, where but one grew before, is worth more to mankind, than the whole race of politicians put together, the man, who should effect...

...of the human family, who lire in the vicinity ! There is no doubt it would succeed ; and if he, who makes two blades of grass grow, •where but one grew before, is worth more to mankind, than the whole race of politicians put together, the man, who should effect...

...you see disgracing and pestering their grounds. Now if it be true, as Swift says, that the man, who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before, is a benefactor to his country, surely the converse of the proposition may be stated as of equal verity, namely —...

...the chain which bouhd us in dependence upon foreign countries for articles of necessity. If he who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before, is thought worthy of notice, equally so should he be who perfects the manufacture of any article, for...

...number of all the citizens. The saying of Adam Smith has been quoted thousands of times, that he who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before, is a public benefactor. But he who doubles the amount of knowledge belonging to a community, is a public...

...found it a lime quarry, and made it a bower of Armida. If, as the great moralist said, " the man who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before, is a benefactor to mankind," what honours should be paid to the genins, which substituted human beings for limeburners,...

...where hitherto heath and rushes liad been the only produce. It may be far too much to say, that he who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before is a benefactor to his country ; but there can be no doubt that if the idle be employed, and the starving pauper converted...

...the sky, that is not comprehended in it. It was truly said by a wise man of other years, that he who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before is a great public benefactor. What must it be to reclaim the Pontine marshes by skilful and successful draining?...

...stone." I remarked, " that such a man deserved well of his country, on the old principle, that he who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before, is a patriot." . " Sir," was the reply, " he made human beings happy, where human beings were baked, for...

...decayed, and grown again, as if in mockery of the boasted progress of man. It has been said that he who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before, is a public benefactor. What shall we say of those who will open to the commerce of the world a tract of...