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Land (Agriculture, Growth, Literature, Service) - Swift, Jonathan

Quotations: Land, Agriculture, Growth, Literature, Service, Politics

"And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together." -from Gulliver's Travels (1726)

- Jonathan Swift (English/Irish author, poet, and satirist; b. 1667 - d. 1745)

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