“Whoever can make two ears of corn or two blades of grass grow…” Jonathan Swift

Whoever can make two ears of corn or two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, deserves better of mankind, and does more service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.

In today’s wordsWhoever can make two ears of corn or two blades of grass grow where only one grew before deserves more thanks from humanity, and serves his country better, than all the politicians put together.

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Source: From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources, compiled by James Wood, 1893

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