| John Martin Johnson - 1913 - Страниц: 328
...company and incorporate to build a railroad, to be known as the A. & BRR Co. to "develop the country" and to "make two blades of grass grow where only one grew before." A given amount of capital stock is authorized, and enough is paid in to print the stock certificates.... | |
| John Martin Johnson - 1913 - Страниц: 326
...asks only for a trifle of eight or nine billions more to enable him to again "develop the country" and to "make two blades of grass grow where only one grew before," and also, incidentally, to make two, three or four stock certificates and any number of bonds grow... | |
| Wisconsin State Horticultural Society - 1914 - Страниц: 164
...they had almost one hundred dollars to divide between them. It has been said that "it is a great thing to make two blades of grass grow where only one grew before". What then shall be said of the boys' and girls who take a vacant city lot, and make corn and cucumbers... | |
| International Garden Club - 1919 - Страниц: 696
...past few years, has, in many ways taught us some valuable lessons. After all it was not so difficult to make two blades of grass grow, where only one grew before. This valuable experience we have gained will not be forgotten, and the ultimate result will be greater... | |
| Robert Grant - 1919 - Страниц: 282
...but far [20] from flattering to her intelligence if inherent difficulties be the test. The ability to make two blades of grass grow where only one grew before approximates genius in the constructive type of modern financier, but that demanded of the successful... | |
| Roger Ward Babson - 1920 - Страниц: 244
...would give His greatest rewards to the scientist, the inventor, the teacher, and those who are trying to make two blades of grass grow where only one grew before. These are the men who are truly seeking to learn God's will and, as they practise it and teach it to... | |
| James Ernest Boyle - 1921 - Страниц: 464
...the South were taught how to increase the production of cotton, upon the theory that it is a blessing to make two blades of grass grow where only one grew before. But the report of the Secretary of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange states that while the cotton crop... | |
| Laurence Clifton Jones - 1922 - Страниц: 200
...vineyard, to teach that Christianity is to be used seven days in the week, to show those whom we serve how to make two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, and, above all, to realize and practice Noblesse Oblige so that those who receive the blessings will... | |
| Reginald Bateman - 1922 - Страниц: 172
...are both things that will not allow themselves to be neglected, and it is undoubtedly a good thing to make two blades of grass grow where only one grew before. But why should a man be afraid to devote his time to making an appreciation of Greek tragedy grow where... | |
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