| 1880 - 596 páginas
...extraordinary exertions and the wonderful practical ability of this one man. If the great man be he who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before; if, as we are now- beginning to be made to believe, the greatest man be he who most successfully cultivates... | |
| 1898 - 404 páginas
...yield valonia to any important extent." The Australian Leather Journal says in its comments : "Some one said that the man who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before is a greater hero and benefactor of his race than a Caesar or Napoleon. With that aphorism in our mind,... | |
| 1883 - 998 páginas
...wholesome and relishing dishes •where only one was possible before is as great a benefactor as he who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before ; but it may bo said without hyperbole that whoever can put us in the way of doing this, or even of... | |
| Edwin Samuel Gaillard - 1877 - 334 páginas
...very good sentiment for a mellifluous demagogue when ho asserts that the benefactor of his race is he who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, but if any one will repudiate such metaphorical rubbish and come face to face with a grave truth, he... | |
| 1883 - 994 páginas
...tiro wholesome and relishing dishes where only one was possible before is as great a benefactor as ho who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before ; but it may bo said without hyperbole that whoever can put us in the way of doing this, or even of... | |
| Missouri State Horticultural Society - 1884 - 438 páginas
...in this work. In this work, ladies and gentlemen, we bid you God-speed. If the man should be honored who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, what shall we say of the man who makes an orchard or vineyard grow where none grew before. RESPONSE... | |
| 1884 - 474 páginas
...the weak ; see what internecine dissensions there were. I say that he is a benefactor to his species who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, and I say that the English acquisition of India— or conquest I will call it if you like, as it is... | |
| California. Legislature - 1885 - 1039 páginas
...something that we did not know before, and, if possible, do something that we had not done before. It is said that the man who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before is greater than a conqueror. He has certainly done something that is of advantage to the human race. Our fathers were... | |
| New Jersey. Board of Agriculture - 1885 - 834 páginas
...effectively resist the demands of sharpers than when alone and unaided. " He is a public benefactor who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before," is a trite but true adage. All those who are laboring to this end are doing a good work. Every man who... | |
| Illinois State Horticultural Society - 1885 - 502 páginas
...written by the Docter, who was absent: Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : It has been said that "he who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, is a benefactor of his race." The statement is a truism; and it is no less true that he who makes two... | |
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