 | Henry David Thoreau - 2001 - 436 páginas
...Travels, "Voyage to Brobdingnag," chap. 7: "And [the King of Brobdingnag] gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades...essential service to his country than the whole race of politicians put together." . 346 • 169 The botanist refers . . . than an eastern one!: The source... | |
 | Roy Porter - 2000 - 772 páginas
...agriculture published in four volumes between 1770 and 1772. The King of Brobdingnag memorably stated that 'whoever could make two Ears of Corn, or two...essential Service to his Country, than the whole Race of Politicians put together'.56 As well as thus serving political economy, agricultural improvement embodied... | |
 | C. L. Hedley - 2001 - 360 páginas
...Griga, Georgina Kosturkova, Nickolay Kuchuk and Mladenka Ilieva-Stoilova And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades...essential service to his country than the whole race of politicians put together. Gulliver's Travels, 'A Voyage to Brobdingnag', ch. 7 (1726) Jonathan Swift... | |
 | John C. Culver, John Hyde - 2000 - 702 páginas
...the corn plant, Wallace and Brown quoted from Gulliver's Travels: "And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades...essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together."29 Or as Wallace himself put it near the end of his oral history, "Jesus... | |
 | 2001 - 254 páginas
...2000). The true meaning of agricultural intensification was best stated by Jonathan Swift7 who wrote, "Whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades...essential service to his country, than the whole race of 7.. 'Gulliver's Travels." politicians put together." In practical terms, it means careful stewardship... | |
 | D. Barry Dalal-Clayton, David Dent - 2001 - 456 páginas
...but there should be a place at the table for knowledge of the land. And he gave it as his opinion. that whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass grow on a patch of land where only one grew before. does a greater service to mankind and to his country... | |
 | Bill Lambrecht - 2002 - 408 páginas
...Shortly, I'll just crawl in the dirt as I did when I planted them. 18 BIOTECH AND THE PARADOX OF PLENTY 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 of mankind, and do more... | |
 | Bill Lambrecht - 2001 - 426 páginas
...Shortly, I'll just crawl in the dirt as I did when I planted them. 18 BIOTECH AND THE PARADOX OF PLENTY 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 of mankind, and do more... | |
 | Karl Esser, Ulrich Lüttge, Wolfram Beyschlag, Frank Hellwig - 2002 - 560 páginas
...Carbon Metabolism: Quantification and Manipulation Grahame J. Kelly “And, he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades...essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.” Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels, ca. 1727 This review is dedicated... | |
 | David Pimentel, Ph.D. - 2002 - 984 páginas
...Raleigh, North Carolina, USA And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of com or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground...essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together. — Jonathan Swift, 1726 INTRODUCTION Pests — insects, nematodes, plant... | |
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