 | 1902 - 684 стор.
...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...of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert." The Revolution gave every Frenchman the opportunity to gain absolute possession of land. Bad laws were... | |
 | 1902 - 880 стор.
...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 - 780 стор.
...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 стор.
...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...give him a nine years' lease of a garden, and he will turn it into a desert." As will appear later on, equitable leases may be preferable to occupying ownership.... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1904 - 626 стор.
...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 ; give him aniñe years' lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert." The details which have been... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1904 - 624 стор.
...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." In his description of the country at the foot of the Western Pyrenees, he speaks no longer from surmise,... | |
 | New York State Bar Association - 1895 - 334 стор.
...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...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... | |
 | 1909 - 1132 стор.
...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... | |
 | John L. Comaroff, Jean Comaroff - 2009 - 612 стор.
...Arthur Young's (1794,1:50) 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." 58. This is underlined by the fact that, less than ten years before but in different political circumstances,... | |
 | Garrett Hardin - 1995 - 350 стор.
...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... | |
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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. 
