 | American Society of Mechanical Engineers - 1886 - 1520 páginas
...captains in war and with the leaders of every art of peace. Assuredly if the plodding peasant, who makes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before, is entitled to be called a benefactor of his species, the engineer who, by his profound knowledge of the... | |
 | Emma Marwedel - 1887 - 584 páginas
...necessary for our youth to learn; clearly demonstrated in i33 pages." — NY School Journal. 11 If the man who causes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before is a benefactor to his race, he who simplifies and shortens the road to knowledge is not less so. Am!... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - 1888 - 648 páginas
...our people .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... | |
 | Nebraska. State Board of Agriculture - 1888 - 372 páginas
...many of our moat eminent statesmen and authors. Fellow citizens, it has been said that he who makes two blades of grass to grow, where but one grew before, Is a public benefactor. This is eminently true when, as in your case, the tilling of the soil is accomplished... | |
 | Michigan State Horticultural Society - 1889 - 516 páginas
...employed, thus being akin to the culture of flowers and music in the family. If he be " a benefactor who causes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before," what shall be said of him who propagates, raises, and oven introduces new varieties of fruit, as well... | |
 | Charles Conrad Abbott - 1890 - 304 páginas
...stately as the lily in her pride." A treasure in other lands, why should it not be in ours ? If he who causes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before is a public benefactor, so he who adds the lotus to our meadows must likewise be so accounted. " A piece... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1890 - 820 páginas
...what was formerly looked upon as waste land into about the most fertile in the county. " He who makes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before is a benefactor to his race." How much more must one be " who makes two blades of grass to grow where... | |
 | Charles Aldrich - 1891 - 582 páginas
...with the rapidity cf thought. Here in these three instances is fame that well may be coveted. • -He who causes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before is a greater benefactor to his race than the mightiest conqueror." Far more so must he be who spins myriads... | |
 | John Franklin Meginness - 1891 - 316 páginas
...prove how eminently it is deserved. If he is entitled to commendation for contributing useful labor who causes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before, how much is that one deserving of our gratitude who, under circumstances the most trying and adverse,... | |
 | Missouri. State Board of Agriculture - 1891 - 846 páginas
...experiments, the farmers of our times will continue to be the rulers. It is said that he who makes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before, is a public benefactor; then our farmers are indeed public benefactors, for they strive each year to not... | |
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When our people learn that the necessity for labor is a blessing rather than a curse ; that ' he who causes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before... 
