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Walter Harte Quotes

1709–1774 United Kingdom

Walter Harte (1709 – 1774) was an English poet and historian. He was a friend of Alexander Pope, and a noted writer on husbandry.

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Industry is the vis motrix of husbandry, and therefore an ancient English writer observes, "that a single uncultivated acre is a real physical evil in any state."

Essays on Husbandry (1764)

Rome was ruined more by neglect of agriculture, and giving no attention to useful trade and commerce, than by the invasion of barbarians.

Essays on Husbandry (1764)

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