 | Kan Wang, Alfredo Herrera-Estrella, Marc van Montagu - 2004 - 204 ページ
...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...mankind, and do more essential service to his country than the whole race of politicians put together. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) Gulliver's Travels (1726),... | |
 | Thomas William Körner - 1996 - 548 ページ
...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...mankind, and do more essential service to his country than the whole race of politicians put together. Better weather forecasting means better managed, and... | |
 | David Gale Johnson - 1996 - 464 ページ
...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...Mankind, and do more essential Service to his Country, than the whole Race of Politicians put together. JONATHAN SWIFT, Gulliver's Travels The study of research... | |
 | Stephen Stertz - 2013 - 110 ページ
...statecraft, and thinks that: whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot 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. This is one of the most famous statements in Swift's... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 ページ
...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...mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together. JONATHAN SWIFT, (1667-1745) Anglo-Irish satirist.... | |
 | Richard Hoggart - 380 ページ
...in America, 1835-40 Whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better...mankind and do more essential service to his country than the whole race of politicians put together. Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels, 172.6 So Mrs Thatcher's... | |
 | Craig Canine - 1997 - 320 ページ
...HEREDITY AND HORSEPOWER 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...mankind, and do more essential service to his country than the whole race of politicians put together — Jonathan Swift, Gullivers Travels (1726) Oh, what... | |
 | Hung-chen Wang, Hongzhen Wang, Borming Jahn, Shih-jung Mei - 1997 - 232 ページ
...perspective when he said "...Whoever could make two ears of com or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot 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..."! I suspect the common reaction of most earth scientists... | |
 | J. Hill, Heiko C. Becker, P.M. Tigerstedt - 1997 - 302 ページ
...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...mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together. (voyage to Brobdingnag, from Gulliver's Travels, by... | |
 | Edward Baugh - 1998 - 148 ページ
...mankind, Jonathan Swift: 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...mankind and do more essential service to his country than the whole race of politicians put together. Chancellor, such a person stands before you now, namely... | |
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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... 
