Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden ; give him * Arthur Young's Trtnelt m francl, ml. ip 88. « Ibid. p. 61. a nine years lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert. Proceedings ... - Сторінка 43автори: New York State Bar Association - 1895Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
| John Stuart Mill - 1870 - 140 стор.
...copyholder is not less so than a freeholder. What is wanted is permanent possession on fixed terms. " Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden ; * The Canton ScTiaffhausen (before quoted), p. 53. give him a nine years' lease of a garden, and... | |
| George Washington Julian - 1872 - 508 стор.
...activity has been here that has swept away all difficulties before it, and has clothed the very rocks with verdure. It would be a disgrace to common sense...enjoyment of property must have done it. Give a man the sure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden ; give him a nine years' lease of... | |
| George Washington Julian - 1872 - 512 стор.
...activity has been here tliat has swept away all difficulties Ix-fore it, and has clothed the very rocks with verdure. It would be a disgrace to common sense to ask the cause; the enjovment of property must have done it. Give a man the sure possession of a bleak rock, and he will... | |
| John Stuart Mill - 1875 - 624 стор.
...activity has been here, that has swept away all difficulties before it, and has clothed the very rocks with verdure. It 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... | |
| Francis Amasa Walker - 1876 - 436 стор.
...are the incentive of industry most highly developed. Arthur Young's saying has become proverbial : " Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden ;'" as also his other saying, " The magic of property turns sand into gold.'" The energy which fear... | |
| Francis Amasa Walker - 1876 - 440 стор.
...are the incentive of industry most highly developed. Arthur Young's saying has become proverbial: " Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden;"1 as also his other saying, " The magic of property turns sand into gold." 1 The energy which... | |
| Alfred Marshall, Mary Paley Marshall - 1879 - 334 стор.
...abound, their savings are very large. bank whose attractions can be compared with the land. " Give a man secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden.... The magic of property turns sand into gold1." The peasant proprietor can give every hour of labour,... | |
| 1881 - 868 стор.
...Switzerland is the most perfect, and economical, anywhere seen. " Give a man secure possession of a rock, and he will turn it into a garden : give him a nine year's lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert."* In Great Britain the land laws sanction... | |
| George John Shaw- Lefevre (baron Eversley.) - 1882 - 42 стор.
...difficulties before it, and has clothed the very rocks with verdure. It would be a disgrace to common-sense to ask the cause — the enjoyment of property must...bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden. Give a man a nine years' lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert." Arthur Young, notwithstanding... | |
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