 | Alfred Russel Wallace - 1900 - 552 pages
...in any country ; " thus illustrating the famous axiom of Arthur Young a century ago : " Give a man secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden.'' It will hardly be said that the workers of America and of England to-day are less industrious, less... | |
 | 1902 - 684 pages
...Other cities and institutions show a like transformation. What produced the change ? The Revolution. "Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden ; give him a nine years' lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert." The Revolution gave... | |
 | 1902 - 780 pages
...wherein it differs from the industries of shop and field. 8 Explain the following quotation: "Give a man secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden. " 9 Show how the division of labor (a) shortens the period required for becoming an efficient workman,... | |
 | 1902 - 880 pages
...wherein it differs from the industries of shop and field. 8 Explain the following quotation: "Give a man secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden." 9 Show how the division of labor (a) shortens the period required for becoming an efficient workman,... | |
 | Joseph Shield Nicholson - 1903 - 568 pages
...The muchquoted aphorisms of Arthur Young are only half-truths : " The magic of property turns sands into gold." " Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden; give him a nine years' lease of a garden, and he will turn it into a desert." As will appear later... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - 1906 - 284 pages
...would be a disgrace to common sense to ask the cause ; the enjoyment of property must have done it. Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden ; give him a nine years lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert." Again, take his description... | |
 | Arthur Young - 1906 - 690 pages
...would be a disgrace to common sense to ask the cause : the enjoyment of property mutt have done it. Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden ; give him a nine years lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert. To Montadier,2 over... | |
 | Jesse Collings - 1908 - 502 pages
...inevitable pressure of home and foreign competition. (Sir James Caird.) The magic of property turns sand to gold. . . . Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock and he will turn it into a garden. (Arthur Young.) The farmer compared with the proprietor is as a merchant who trades with borrowed capital... | |
 | Jesse Collings - 1908 - 502 pages
...inevitable pressure of home and foreign competition. (Sir James Caird.) The magic of property turns sand to gold. . . . Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock and he will turn it into a garden. (Arthur Young.) The fanner compared with the proprietor is as a merchant who trades with borrowed capital... | |
 | William Dwight Porter Bliss, Rudolph Michael Binder - 1908 - 1340 pages
...small farms owned and operated by peasants, and draws a strong argument in favor of the latter, saying, "Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden ; give him a nine years' lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert." He shows also that... | |
| |
Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden; give him a nine years' lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert. 
