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" 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 race... "
A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature ... - Page 33
edited by - 1829
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Familiar Quotations: Being an Attempt to Trace to Their Source Passages and ...

John Bartlett - Quotations - 1874 - 798 pages
...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 race of politicians put together. Gulliver's...
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Familiar Quotations ...

John Bartlett - Quotations - 1875 - 890 pages
...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 race of politicians puttogether. Gulliver's...
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Cassell's library of English literature, selected, ed ..., Volume 4; Volume 80

Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 470 pages
...And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make twoears 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 race of politicians put together. The...
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The life and adventures of a cheap jack, by one of the fraternity [W. Green ...

William Green (of Brighton.) - 1876 - 354 pages
...And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever would 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 race of politicians put together" —...
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The Life and Adventures of a Cheap Jack

William Green (of Brighton.) - Fraud - 1876 - 350 pages
...And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever would 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 race of politicians put together" —...
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About Old Story-tellers: Of how and when They Lived, and what Stories They Told

Donald Grant Mitchell - Authors - 1878 - 258 pages
...afterward gave it as 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 service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together." A good many orators...
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Materials and Models for Greek Prose Composition

Greek language - 1878 - 312 pages
...'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 race of politicians put together.' Plato,...
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Proceedings of the ... Convocation, Volume 14, Part 1877

University of the State of New York - Education - 1878 - 146 pages
..."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 race of politicians put together." one...
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Guilliver's Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World

Jonathan Swift - 1879 - 466 pages
...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 bettei of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, thau the whole race of politicians...
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Proceedings of the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Gathering in ...

First Church (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.) - Dorchester (Boston, Mass.) - 1880 - 224 pages
...illustrate a remark made by Swift, " 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 race of politicians put together." It is...
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