Give a man the secure possession of bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden; give him nine years lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert.

Arthur Young

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Topic

Pride of ownership Property rights

Author

Arthur Young

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1792 1790s 18th century

Occupation

Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Young, Arthur. Journal entry. 30 July 1787.

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Speech on the Petition of the Unitarians, May 11, 1792
Medium
Speech
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Time
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Original Citation

Burke, Edmund. Address on Petition of the Unitarians. House of Commons. 11 May 1792, Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK.

Current Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Speech on the Petition of the Unitarian Society." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin Classics, 1999.