 | Leslie Stephen - 2006 - 348 стор.
...the phrases which became proverbial with later economists. ' Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock and he will turn it into a garden. Give...of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert.' 1 'The magic of PROPERTY turns sand to gold.'* He is delighted with the comfort of the small proprietors... | |
 | James R. Otteson - 2006 - 341 стор.
...are used properly. As Arthur \oung said in the eighteenth century, "Give a man 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 are many other examples one... | |
 | Robert Corfe - 2008 - 328 стор.
...false analysis. CHAPTER l7 The Social Capitalism of Industrialists "Give a man a secure possession of 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. . . . The magic of property turns... | |
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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. 
