 | George Preston White - Connemara (Ireland) - 1849 - 208 pages
...considered politic to afford to other parts of Great Britain. 81 CHAPTER VI. " Lord Bacon saith truly, there are three things which make a nation great and prosperous ; a fertile soil, busy workshops, and easy conveyance for men and commodities from one place to another; to which... | |
 | Duncan George Forbes Macdonald - Agriculture - 1865 - 618 pages
...vigorous pen, and in an agreeable style." — Parthenon and Literary Gazette. " Lord Bacon said truly, there are three things which make a nation great and prosperous — a fertile soil, busy workshops, and easy conveyance for man and commodities from one place to another ; but these... | |
 | Naval art and science - 860 pages
...UPSHUR, USN, in the Chair. THE FRYER BUOYANT PROPELLER. BY LIEUT. WH JAQUES, USN Lord Bacon said " There are three things which make a nation great and prosperous — a fertile soil, busy workshops, and easy conveyance of men and things from place to place." We can feed the world,... | |
 | James Brown (of Newport, Eng. (Monmouthshire)) - Railroads - 1880 - 18 pages
...CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE IN THE DISTRICTS AFFECTED BY THE GREAT WESTERN SYSTEM. Lord Bacon saith truly, there are three things which make a nation great and prosperous, — a fertile soil, busy •workshops, and easy conveyance for men and commodities from one place to another, to... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1881 - 1254 pages
...Chocolate "««m«*. ..... Iron . Tobeoro,., ,.,... , ...... ..,.. Pirat* " Lord Bacon has well said, " there are three things which make a nation great and prosperous — a fertile soil, busy workshops, and easy conveyance for men and commodities from one place to another"; "to which,"... | |
 | Martha Finley - Brothers and sisters - 1894 - 272 pages
...excepted, those inventions which abridge distance have done the most for civilization.' This other is by Lord Bacon: 'There are three things which make a nation great and prosperous: a fertile soil, busy workshops, and easy conveyance for men and goods from place to place.' Those words are put... | |
 | Agriculture - 1900 - 1020 pages
...SINCLAIR, Editor Locomotive Engineering. MECHANICAL AND BUSINESS PROBLEMS. Lord Bacon truly says that there are three things which make a nation great and prosperous — a fertile soil, busy workshops, and easy conveyance of men and commodities from place to place. The history of... | |
 | J. Ellis Barker - Germany - 1905 - 370 pages
...new outlets to our trade or to improve the old ones. Three hundred years ago, Lord Bacon wrote : " There are three things which make a nation great and prosperous : a fertile soil, busy workshops, and easy conveyance for men and commodities from one place to another." Great... | |
 | J. Ellis Barker - Germany - 1905 - 372 pages
...open new outlets to our trade or to improve the old ones. Three hundred years ago, Lord Bacon wrote: " There are three things which make a nation great and prosperous: a fertile soil, busy workshops, and easy conveyance for men and commodities from one place to another." Great... | |
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There are three things which make a nation great and prosperous: a fertile soil, busy workshops, and easy conveyance for men and commodities from one place to another. 
