The old proverb or adage, which states that the man who makes two blades of grass grow where one grew before is a public benefactor... Doing Us Good and Plenty - Side 18av Charles Edward Russell - 1914 - 172 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
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| 1940 - 334 sider
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| 1914 - 752 sider
...r*ulnc Cre«. Write to-day. Thi Home Corrispondenci School. Dept.382 Spfingfield.Mass. SOME one has said that the man who makes two blades of grass grow where one did before, gets much credit. How about the man who makes one pencil do the work that three or four... | |
| 1920 - 808 sider
...teacher and a poor teacher is that the one makes nature respond better than the second. It has been said that the man who makes two blades of grass grow where one grew before is a benefactor¿ to mankind. The factor of nurture is important, indeed. It is in this... | |
| Washington State Horticultural Association - 1913 - 610 sider
...bring in something. And that makes me think of a quotation from, 1 think, Dean Swift, where he says that the man who makes two blades of grass grow where one grew before is the greatest benefactor to the race. I don't think of anything more to say and I thank... | |
| Life Insurance Association of America - 1923 - 622 sider
...system built with cheap money may become ultimately a very valuable national asset. No doubt it is true that the man who makes two blades of grass grow where one grew before is a benefactor of his kind but there is less to be said for governments which build three... | |
| New England Railroad Club, Boston - 1912 - 758 sider
...that purpose, but to a very great extent they are for the purpose of facilitating traffic. They say that the man who makes two blades of grass grow where one grew before is a civilizer. They say that the engineer is a man who can do with one dollar what any... | |
| 1910 - 1074 sider
...electric lighting system is only one of many inventions by Thomas A. Edison. Indeed, on the principle that the man who makes two blades of grass grow where one grew before is entitled to public gratitude, Edison may be called the greatest material benefactor... | |
| Saint Louis Railway Club - 1916 - 490 sider
...present time. Also I thought that idea might be extended in his paper, as we have heard the saying that the man who makes two blades of grass grow where one grew before is doing a greater work for humanity than almost any other. In fact I have in mind a tradition... | |
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