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“The possession of land seems to be a greater gratification to the pride and independence of men.”

Men Seems Greater Land Pride Independence Possession Gratification

Author:George Minot

“All the territorial possessions of all the political establishments in the earth--including America, of course-- consist of pilferings from other people's wash. No tribe, howsoever insignificant, and no nation, howsoever mighty occupies a foot of land that was not stolen.”

People Earth America Political Courses Nations Feet Land Including Possession Establishment Tribes Conquest Insignificant Stolen Territorial

Book:Following the Equator:

Source: Following the Equator:

“Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the English that of the sea, to the Germans that of--the air!”

Given Air Sea Land England Possession Empires Providence

Book:Critical and Miscellaneous Essays ...

Source: Critical and Miscellaneous Essays ...

“I cite a good example, say, of agriculture, .. In agriculture we need to move with speed to bring to full utilization the land that is now in our possession. We need to curb aspects of corruption that are endemic in the economy. We need to be transparent in everything that we do. We need to be consistent in implementing the policies we would have agreed. And not implement policies one day and reverse them the other day.”

Needs Moving Economy Land Policy Example One Day Aspect Possession Corruption Speed Consistent Reverse Agriculture Transparent Good Examples Curb Citing Implementing Utilization

Author:Gideon Gono

“Our children are our signature to the roster of history; our land is merely the place our money was made. There is as yet no social stigma in the possession of a gullied farm, a wrecked forest, or a polluted stream, provided the dividends suffice to send the youngsters to college. Whatever ails the land, the government will fix it.”

Children Made Government Social Land College Our Children Possession Forests Streams Farms Stigma Signatures Youngsters Dividends Rosters

Book:Round River

Source: Round River

“The Jews are among the aristocracy of every land; if a literature is called rich in the possession of a few classic tragedies, what shall we say to a national tragedy lasting for fifteen hundred years, in which the poets and the actors were also the heroes.”

Ifs Years Actors Literature Rich Land Poet Hero Hundred Tragedy Jew Possession Classic Lasting Fifteen Aristocracy

Author:George Eliot

“Virtually the entire inflow was therefore Asiatic, and all but three or four thousand of that inflow originated from the Indian subcontinent... It is by 'black Power' that the headlines are caught, and under the shape of the negro that the consequences for Britain of immigration and what is miscalled 'race' are popularly depicted. Yet it is more truly when he looks into the eyes of Asia that the Englishman comes face to face with those who will dispute with him the possession of his native land.”

“In our time, in particular, there exists another form of ownership which is becoming no less important than land: the possession of know-how, technology and skill. The wealth of the industrialized nations is based much more on this kind of ownership than on natural resources.”

“Common people, whether lords or shop-keepers, are slow to understand that possession, whether in the shape of birth or lands or money or intellect, is a small affair in the difference between men.”

People Men Differences Common Lord Land Birth Shapes Affair Possession Intellect Shops Keepers

Book:The Complete Novels of George Macdonald (Illustrated): The Princess and the Goblin, The Princess and Curdie, Phantastes, At the Back of the North Wind, Lilith, David Elginbrod, Malcolm, Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood, Wilfrid Cumbermede and many more

Source: The Complete Novels of George Macdonald (Illustrated): The Princess and the Goblin, The Princess and Curdie, Phantastes, At the Back of the North Wind, Lilith, David Elginbrod, Malcolm, Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood, Wilfrid Cumbermede and many more

“The common law of chattels, that is to say, the law ultimately adopted by the King's courts for the regulation of disputes about the ownership and possession of goods, was, to be a substantial extent, a by-product of that new procedure which had been mainly introduced to perfect the feudal scheme of land law.”

Law Perfect Common Land Products Kings Court Possession Goods Regulation Ownership Schemes Adopted Disputes Procedures Common Law

Book:A Short History of English Law: From the Earliest Times to the End of the Year 1919

Source: A Short History of English Law: From the Earliest Times to the End of the Year 1919

“It must not be supposed that happiness will demand many or great possessions; for self-sufficiency does not depend on excessive abundance, nor does moral conduct, and it is possible to perform noble deeds even without being ruler of land and sea: one can do virtuous acts with quite moderate resources. This may be clearly observed in experience: private citizens do not seem to be less but more given to doing virtuous actions than princes and potentates. It is sufficient then if moderate resources are forthcoming; for a life of virtuous activity will be essentially a happy life.”

“Let those possess the land, and only those, Who love it with a love so strong and stupid That they may be abused and taken advantage of And made fun of by business, law, and art.”

Love May Art Made Law Strong Fun Taken Land Stupid Advantage Possession Taken Advantage

Book:Robert Frost, a tribute to the source

Source: Robert Frost, a tribute to the source

“The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability. Our business in every generation is to reclaim a little more land, to add something to the extent and the solidity of our possessions.”

Littles Known Generations Land Ocean Infinite Add Possession Midst Finite Illuminating Solidity Little Knowledge Prized Possessions

Book:Selected Works of Thomas Henry Huxley

Source: Selected Works of Thomas Henry Huxley

“For just a few dollars registration, you got temporary possession of a good piece of land. Live on it for five years, build a house, and farm it, and it was yours. What a brilliant economic stimulus!”

Years House Five Pieces Economic Land Dollars Possession Brilliant Five Years Temporary Farms Stimulus Registration

Author:Charles R. Morris