Again; third-the melioration of the physical qualities of a soil, the amendment of its dryness and excessive porosity, by means of peat, may be more effective for agricultural purposes, than the application of tenfold as much fertilizing, i.
"Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel"
Samuel William Johnson
The October politician is so full of charity and good-nature, that he supposes that these very robbers and murderers themselves are in a course of melioration: on what ground I cannot conceive, except on the long practice of every crime, and by its complete success.
"The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VI. (of 12)"
Edmund Burke
This is a regulation extremely worthy of our attention, as it is not a consequential, but a direct discouragement to melioration,-as directly as if the law had said in express terms, "Thou shalt not improve."
"The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VI. (of 12)"
Edmund Burke