 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - 1908 - 450 σελίδες
...of new methods and means which add to the Willi.m H. Elliott prosperity and wealth of our state and if "he who makes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before" be accepted as a benefactor to mankind, what then shall we say of him who produces not two, but thousands,... | |
 | Ohio. General Assembly - 1857 - 566 σελίδες
...by the number of all the citizens. The saying of Adam Smith has been quoted thousands of limes that he who makes two blades of grass to 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... | |
 | Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station - 1897 - 912 σελίδες
...you are certainly to be congratulated that you have them here in this fair county. It is said that " he who makes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before is a benefactor to his race." That is what these gentlemen who have charge of this farm are attempting... | |
 | 1904 - 516 σελίδες
...the world a very good one, but you will have helped to make it so for others. If he is a benefactor who "makes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before," what can it be said of one who makes a laugh or a smile where none had appeared before? With these... | |
 | 1913 - 634 σελίδες
...Gentlemen, you are engaged in a great and good work. If, as it has been said, he is thrice blessed who makes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before, how much more praiseworthy the work of that man who maketh two or three hundred real homes to stand... | |
 | Nebraska State Horticultural Society - 1893 - 298 σελίδες
...of spraying into use in all their orchards and vineyards. Surely we are convinced that if " he that makes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before" is entitled to the world's blessing, he that sprays wisely and well is "greater than he that taketh a... | |
 | American Electrochemical Society - 1903 - 490 σελίδες
...lacking, it abounds in notable achievements. If that man is a benefactor of the race who figuratively makes two blades of grass to .grow where but one grew before, then the practical electrochemist certainly takes high rank among the benefactors of mankind. The whole... | |
 | 1859 - 432 σελίδες
...DELIVERED AT TDK OPENING OK THE NORMAL ACADKMY OF MDBIC, GBNESEO, NY, JULY 11, 1859. If the man who causes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before, is a public benefactor, surely he, by whose counsels and instructions, the knowledge of others is increased,... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - 1888 - 648 σελίδες
...learn that the necessity for labor (work) is a blessing, rather than a curse ; that ' he who causes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before, is a greater benefactor than he who conquers armies;' and that honor, fame, and fortune may be as certainly... | |
 | 1857 - 618 σελίδες
...he, who becomes a benefactor to "his fellow man. Well and truly has it been said that "he who causes two blades of grass to grow, where but one grew before," is a benefactor of his kind, and deserves a niche in the temple of fame, around whom, all that is good... | |
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