| 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... | |
| 1997 - 446 стор.
...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,...of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert." Again, November 7, 1787. " Walk to Rosendale [in Flanders]. Between the town and that place are a great... | |
| 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... | |
| Richard Rawlings, London School of Economics and Political Science - 1997 - 404 стор.
...his famous popularisation of Arthur Young's statement: 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; give him nine years' lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert': see A. Young. Travels in France... | |
| Austin Sarat, Thomas R. Kearns - 1997 - 452 стор.
...famous popularization of Arthur Young's statement: "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; give him nine years' lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert." See Arthur Young, Travels in... | |
| John Skorupski - 1998 - 612 стор.
...economies.25 Mill takes his text from Arthur Young: "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; give him a nine-year's lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert" (Principles of Political Economy,... | |
| Gunnar Eliasson, Nils Karlson - 308 стор.
...sentiments regarding the superiority of ownership over tenancy. Arthur Young (1741-1820) who wrote "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 turn it into a desert" (Hardin, 1993, p 216) is a typical example.... | |
| Michael Perelman - 2000 - 428 стор.
...he did not mean that peasants who worked on their own account were lazy. Young himself had written, "Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden" (ibid., 45). With a revealing turn of a phrase, Young recalled, "I saw nothing respectable on small... | |
| William H. Pivar - 2003 - 301 стор.
...attractive to conservative investors. It might result in a higher sale price. CHAPTER Selling Your Property Give a man the secure 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 convert it into a desert. The magic of property turns sand... | |
| Nicholas Capaldi - 2004 - 472 стор.
...always recognized the importance of pride of ownership; specifically, he quoted the following view: "Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock,...years' lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert."63 He insisted that peasant proprietorships foster efficiency, self-respect, and respect for... | |
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