Edward Gibbon Quote

Agriculture is the foundation of manufactures; since the productions of nature are the materials of art.


The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776–88) ch. 2


Agriculture is the foundation of manufactures; since the productions of nature are the materials of art.

Agriculture is the foundation of manufactures; since the productions of nature are the materials of art.

Agriculture is the foundation of manufactures; since the productions of nature are the materials of art.

Agriculture is the foundation of manufactures; since the productions of nature are the materials of art.