 | 1900 - 576 стор.
...is that liberty means to the writer the overthrow of vexatious authority. Arthur Young's saying, " Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock and...of a garden and he will convert it into a desert," is only an extreme expression of a belief in the sacredness and strength of the sentiment of individual... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - 1900 - 554 стор.
...disgrace to common sense to ask the cause ; the enjoyment of property must have done it. Give a man secure possession of a bleak rock and he will turn...of a garden and he will convert it into a desert." i It hardly needs to adduce more evidence to prove the intimate connection of the sense of secure possession... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - 1900 - 552 стор.
...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 стор.
...Other cities and institutions show a like transformation. What produced the change ? The Revolution. "Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock,...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 - 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,... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | New York State Bar Association - 1895 - 334 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... | |
 | 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... | |
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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. 
