| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 30 |
| AUTHOR: | Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) |
| QUOTATION: | 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. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | JONATHAN SWIFT, “A Voyage to Brobdingnag,” Gulliver’s Travels, part 2, pp. 119–20, in The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, ed. Herbert Davis, vol. 11 (1941). |
| SUBJECTS: | Agriculture |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | |
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