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But Turgot persevered, knowing how useful potatoes would be in a land where scarcity of grain was so common.
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John Morley
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gutenberg.orgJohn Morley: “But Turgot persevered, knowing how useful potatoes would be in a land where scarcity of grain was so common.”
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Morley highlights Turgot's determination to promote the cultivation of potatoes in a region struggling with grain scarcity.
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