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
| University of North Carolina (1793-1962). North Carolina Club - 1923 - 212 стор.
...throughout the South where tenancy ratios are high. The English rural economist, Arthur Young, said: "Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden; give him a nine-year's lease on a garden and he will convert it into a desert." The economic and social effects... | |
| William Bennett Bizzell - 1924 - 530 стор.
...aptitudes, but also by the nature of the tenure. In his Travels in France and Italy, Arthur Young says : "Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock and he will turn it into a garden; give him a nine-year lease on a garden and he will convert it into a desert." All things considered, it is to... | |
| Thomas Jackson Woofter (Jr.) - 1925 - 280 стор.
...result he mines the soil instead of farming it. John Stuart Mill quotes Arthur Young as saying : " Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock and...turn it into a garden ; give him a nine years' lease on a garden and he will convert it into a desert." Share tenancy also reduces the product of the tenant,... | |
| Paul Leroy Warner - 1925 - 144 стор.
...much truth in the statement of Arthur Young, one of the earliest English rural economists: "Give a man secure possession of a bleak rock and he will turn it into a garden; give him a nine-year lease on a garden and he will turn it into a desert." Size of Farms In 1900 there were 526... | |
| United States. Work Projects Administration (Ohio) - 1938 - 474 стор.
...advocating, "Homestead Exemption." "This is a true doctrine friend White." (4) 397 - DTD Feb. 16; ed:2/l - Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden - give him nine years' lease of a garden, and he will turn it into a desert. There is a world of truth in the... | |
| 1909 - 1132 стор.
...greatest writer on agriculture, wrote a century ago : ' The magic of property turns sand into gold. Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock and he will turn it into a garden.' Adam Smith wrote in his Wealth of Nations nearly a century and a half ago : ' A small proprietor, who... | |
| Garrett Hardin - 1995 - 350 стор.
...long been known. Arthur Young (1741-1820), an English writer on agriculture, pointedly described them: "Give a man the secure possession of a bleak 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." Ownership that can be separated from... | |
| Suzy Platt - 1992 - 550 стор.
...body, 958 Garcia message to G., 6 Garden lease of a g., and he will convert it into a desert, 1550 possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a g., 1550 refuge of a disappointed politician, 1395 Garibaldi, Giuseppe (1807-1882), 915 Gates are mine... | |
| Ronald F. Wukasch - 1993 - 888 стор.
...regulations, needs keen appreciation? Do We Need a Federal Garbage Man? 1t is said: "Give a man the firm possession of a bleak rock and he will turn it into a garden. Give him a nine-year lease of a garden and he will turn it into a bleak rock." Sure, certain title is needed for... | |
| Antony Flew - 180 стор.
...one of Adam Smith's younger contemporaries and the first agricultural journalist, was wont to say: 'Give a man the secure possession of a bleak 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.' Nor was it only Smith who, 'in this... | |
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