...of material goods, and struggles to acquire the same power for itself. Hence the reason why the man who " makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before," becomes a^ benefactor to his country ; why every labor-saving invention should be hailed with joy ;...

...teacher as a public benefactor. If it be true that the man who plants a tree, or builds a house, or makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before, is a benefactor, — surely, most surely, must he be accounted one, who, as another has expressed it,...

...deficient elements until the " wilderness may be made to blossom as the rose." It has been said, that, he who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before, is a benefactor to his race, and this the chemist-farmer can do until the limit of productiveness is reached....

...deficient elements until the " wilderness may be made to blossom as the rose." It has been said, that, he who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before, is a benefactor to his race, and this the chemist-farmer can do until the limit of productiveness is reached....

...has formed no inconsiderable portion of the commerce of the world. It has been well remarked, that he who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before, is a public benefactor. Not less so is he who increases, by improvement in machinery, or otherwise, the...

...end of the continent to the other. All this results from useful, mechanical inventions. " That man who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before, is a benefactor;" and he who invents an instrument which will do the work of human hands, is also a benefactor....

...of the sky, that is not comprehended, in it. It was truly said, by a wise man, of other years, that he, who makes two blades of grass grow, where but one grew, before, is a great public benefactor. What must it be, to reclaim the Pontine marshes, by skilful and successful...

...of the multitudes ? Who shall contradict the saying of Adam Smith, that " he is a public benefactor who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before ? " This the • scientific man does. Wherever the intelligent and industrious man goes, though it...

...given, beyond a formal acknowledgment of its reception. <ЙйоЛ «able. THE PHILOSOPHY OF SAVING.— If he who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before may be set down among the benefactors of humanity, he is equally a benefactor who makes one blade of...

...and the accompanying volumes ; for which I am greatly obliged to you. If, as Adam Smith said, a man who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before be a "public benefactor," of what honor is he worthy who diffuses ideas regarding health and life among...