James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
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... live , and thus make a proper return for what they receive , as working bees , not drones , in the social hive . Not from palace or castle , but from the cottage have come , or can come , the needed leaders of our race , under whose ...
... live , and thus make a proper return for what they receive , as working bees , not drones , in the social hive . Not from palace or castle , but from the cottage have come , or can come , the needed leaders of our race , under whose ...
Page 51
... live on the earth there is only one source of power - the sun . Darken the sun and every engine on the earth's surface would soon stop , every wheel cease to turn , and all movement cease . How prodigal this supply of power is we seldom ...
... live on the earth there is only one source of power - the sun . Darken the sun and every engine on the earth's surface would soon stop , every wheel cease to turn , and all movement cease . How prodigal this supply of power is we seldom ...
Page 59
... live an upright life , For having such a blessing in his lady , He finds the joys of heaven here on earth ; And if on earth he do not merit it , In reason he should never come to heaven . " Watt knew and felt this and let us hope that ...
... live an upright life , For having such a blessing in his lady , He finds the joys of heaven here on earth ; And if on earth he do not merit it , In reason he should never come to heaven . " Watt knew and felt this and let us hope that ...
Page 91
... the motherland under one joint government or become a free and independent nation , giving her sons a country of their own for which to live , and , if necessary , to die . branch of our English - speaking race - co - BOULTON PARTNERSHIP ...
... the motherland under one joint government or become a free and independent nation , giving her sons a country of their own for which to live , and , if necessary , to die . branch of our English - speaking race - co - BOULTON PARTNERSHIP ...
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... live to wear out the twenty - five years , which I had rather do than gain a Nabob's fortune by being the sole proprietor . This is the kind of expression from the heart to make a partner happy and resolve to do his utmost for one who ...
... live to wear out the twenty - five years , which I had rather do than gain a Nabob's fortune by being the sole proprietor . This is the kind of expression from the heart to make a partner happy and resolve to do his utmost for one who ...
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