"One could drive a prairie schooner through any part of his argument and never scrape against a fact."

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"One could drive a prairie schooner through any part of his argument and never scrape against a fact."

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"Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, knowing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about."

Rodney Dangerfield, American Comedian

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"You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it."

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"It's not about whether or not someone is a bigot, but whether or not the argument which that someone is arguing is worth being a bigot about."

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Susan Griffin, American Writer

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William Gilbert, British Composer

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"Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument."

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"In Vegas, I got into a long argument with the man at the roulette wheel over what I considered to be an odd number."

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"We are not won by arguments that we can analyze, but by tone and temper; by the manner, which is the man himself."

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"What this loss means will be appreciated from the statement that one bushel of wheat contains sufficient energy to support the average working man for 15 days."

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"Rice at present prices provides more food for the money than most of the other cereals."

Food

"For the Gulf States, perhaps no forage crop of which the available seed supply is relatively abundant exceeds the velvet bean in potential value. This legume possesses also the ability to make a crop when planted relatively late."

Ability

"The importance to the nation of a generously adequate food supply for the coming year cannot be overemphasized, in view of the economic problems which may arise as a result of the entrance of the United States into the war."

Food

"The usefulness of cow-peas and soy-beans as human food has been recognized only recently in this country."

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"The high food value of field beans and the shortage of supply due to the light yields of 1915 and 1916 render them of great importance in the regions to which they are adapted."

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"The ease with which barley may be substituted directly for wheat in human food and its usefulness to replace wheat milling by-products as feed in the production of the milk supply render its abundant production important."

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"By the immediate preservation of eggs for home consumption through the use of water glass or lime water, larger supplies of fresh eggs may be made available for marketing later in the season, when production is less and prices higher."

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"It is obvious that the greatest and most important service that is required of our agriculture under existing conditions is an enlarged production of the staple food crops."

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"Corn is the leading food and feed crop of the United States in geographic range of production, acreage, and quantity of product. The vital importance of a large acreage of this crop, properly cared for, therefore, is obvious."

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