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" The individual who causes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before, is held in highest emulation as a benefactor of his race. "
The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review - Σελίδα 361
1845
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...only may, but should exercise it in the interest of her own prosperity and dignity. If he who makes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before, is justly entitled to the name of public benefactor, of how much greater honor shall he be counted worthy...

Transactions of the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, Τόμος 11

Wisconsin State Agricultural Society - 1873 - 512 σελίδες
...a wider sense, and includes the breeding and rearing of domestic animals. It is said, that he that causes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before deserves well of his country. How much more deserving is he who stands sponsor for a litter of pigs,...

Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Τόμοι 4-5

1873 - 840 σελίδες
...and loved you will never forget you ; in our hearts your memory will ever be green ! If he who makes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before, is a public benefactor — so wns he whose death we lament; for his life was a continued effort to increase...

Transactions of the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, Τόμος 11

Wisconsin State Agricultural Society - 1873 - 512 σελίδες
...a wider sense, and includes the breeding and rearing of domestic animals. It is said, that he that causes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before deserves well of his country. How much more deserving is he who stands sponsor for a litter of pigs,...

The Rising Son: Or, The Antecedents and Advancement of the Colored Race

William Wells Brown - 1874 - 576 σελίδες
...of two large houses, costing over twenty-four thousand dollars. If he is a benefactor of his race, who causes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before, surely, he is worthy of praise, who has let rays of intellectual light fall upon the famished minds...

Report of the Iowa State Agricultural Society for the Year ...

Iowa State Agricultural Society - 1875 - 614 σελίδες
...measure, the extent and value of our national resources. Iff, has been denominated a public benefactor, who causes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before. In this point of view, science is a public benefactor — it accomplishes this. It aids nature in the...

Round about Bradford: A Series of Sketches (descriptive and Semi-historical ...

William Cudworth (of Bradford, Eng.) - 1876 - 814 σελίδες
...surroundings of the old Nook Farm have received considerable embellishment. It is said that he who makes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before is a benefactor to his kind. Surely, then, he who enriches a country-side with trees with which it would...

Report of the Department of the Interior ... [with Accompanying ..., Μέρος 1

United States. Department of the Interior - 1877 - 1436 σελίδες
...State but to the world at large, for the reason (to use an ancient Chinese proverb) that " whoever causes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before, is a benefactor of and deserve« the gratitude of mankind." RAILROADS. These civili/ers of mankind have...

Transactions of the Northern Wisconsin Agricultural and Mechanical ..., Τόμος 4

Northern Wisconsin Agricultural and Mechanical Association - 1877 - 244 σελίδες
...farmers. He who will double the productive power of a blade of grass is as much a public benefactor as he who causes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew, provided both give the facts of their experiments to the world. We find some men so narrow minded and...

Records of the National General Ticket Agents' Association: From March, 1855 ...

American Association of Passenger Traffic Officers, National General Ticket Agents' Association - 1878 - 530 σελίδες
...the finances of the passenger department would certainly follow. It is a trite remark, that the man who causes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before, is a philanthropist and benefactor of his race ; but what can be said in defense of a practice which,...




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