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Quote from Arthur Young,


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.


By:

Arthur Young (more quotes by Arthur Young or books by/about Arthur Young)


(1741-1820) English writer on agriculture, economics, social statistics, and activist for agricultural workers' rights

Source:

Travels of 1787

Categories:

Self-Determination, Servitude

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