Quote#Wisdom
Suppose that, by some new discovery, or some improved mode of…
Quote byDaniel Webster · 1782–1852
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: On the Agriculture of England (1840).
English (original)
Suppose that, by some new discovery, or some improved mode of culture, only one per cent could be added to the annual results of English cultivation; this, of itself, would materially affect the comfortable subsistence of millions of human beings.
— Daniel Webster
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