James Smith, of Deanston, Scotland, who originated our present system of Thorough Drainage, asserted, that the excrements of one man for a year, are sufficient to manure half an acre of land.
"Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel"
Samuel William Johnson
Why, by the same rule, they would offer his spittle to be kissed or other bodily excrements.
"England of My Heart--Spring"
Edward Hutton
Then the Barbarians, not satisfied with their invention, improved upon it; they hurled all kinds of filth, human excrements, pieces of carrion, corpses.
"Salammbo"
Gustave Flaubert