 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1831 - 620 דפים
...quantity "of grain ; on the contrary, every one consents to the praise bestowed, by Johnson, upon the man who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before. And an improvement in machinery, whereby the same labor will produce twice the quantity of cloth, is... | |
 | 1830 - 482 דפים
...lost in expressions of admiration. " A philosopher has said," says a modern tourist, " ' that the man who makes two blades of grass grow, where only one grew before, is greater than the greatest hero.' If this be true, Mr. Johnes must rank before all the conquerors in... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1831 - 608 דפים
...quantity of grain ; on the contrary, every one consents to the praise bestowed, by Johnson, upon the man who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before. And uu improvement in machinery, whereby the same labor will produce twice the quantity of cloth, is... | |
 | Francis Litchfield - 1832 - 26 דפים
...the county, Farthinghoe is nowone of the most orderly. It is said, a man deserves well of his country who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before ; for my own part I aspire to the credit of making a labourer wear twke his former quantity of linen,... | |
 | 1833 - 642 דפים
...again whereon the army stood The concise expression of a most humane and benevolent wish: for certainly he who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, is a greater benefactor to his country than the most renowned conqueror that ever lived, from Alexander... | |
 | William Andrus Alcott - 1834 - 344 דפים
...small? — Have they added one dollar, or even one cent to the original stock ? I have already admitted, that he who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, is a benefactor to his country ; but these men have not done so much as that. A few draw prizes, it has... | |
 | 1847 - 634 דפים
...late Mr. Coke and the present Lord Leicester. If any man deserves well of his country it is that man who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before. Norfolk has contributed largely to this good work ; and other counties, I am happy to fay, are following... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1835 - 558 דפים
...the capital stock of human enjoyment, we may well indulge in selfcongratulation. It has been said, that he, who makes two blades of grass grow, where only one grew before, deserves to be reckoned among the benefactors of mankind. And it has been justly said ; because he... | |
 | edmund ruffin - 1835 - 912 דפים
...their farms; and few of our tables are supplied with the choicest varieties of fruit. It has been said that he, who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, deserves well of hie country. It may be as truly said of him who plants a good orchard, or introduces... | |
 | 1836 - 440 דפים
...assume as the creed of their philosophical belief a foolish saying of some not very wise author, " That he who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, is the greatest benefactor to his species." With these persons the noblest employment of human intellect... | |
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It has been said that he who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before is a benefactor to his species. 
