Transactions of the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, Volume 16Beriah Brown, State Printer, 1878 - Agriculture |
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Page 155 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 498 - Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again; The eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes in pain, And dies among his worshippers.
Page 498 - Here the free spirit of mankind, at length, Throws its last fetters off ! And who shall place A limit to the giant's unchained strength, Or curb his swiftness in the forward race?
Page 498 - So live, that, when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, which moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Page 10 - AMENDMENTS. This constitution may be amended by a vote of two-thirds of the members attending any annual meeting...
Page 155 - The individual who causes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before, is held in highest emulation as a benefactor of his race.
Page 204 - Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made ;w But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.
Page 9 - October next, at such time and place as they may determine, and shall immediately proceed to organize by electing a president and secretary who shall be members of the board and who shall hold their respective offices for the term of one year.
Page 420 - This includes the whole domain at Berkeley, 40 acres of which have been under cultivation with experimental crops. It is the design of the university to develop this domain for the purpose of illustrating the capabilities of the state for special cultures, as forests, fruits, field-crops, etc.
Page 488 - Of all the contrivances for cheating the laboring classes of mankind, none has been more effectual than that which deludes them with paper money. This is the most effectual of inventions to fertilize the rich man's field by the sweat of the poor man's brow.