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The English nation; or, A history of England in the lives of Englishmen - Page 399
by Englishmen - 1863
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The History of Civilisation in Scotland, Volume 4

John Mackintosh - 1896 - 532 pages
...wealth and prosperity. It has armed the feeble arm of man, in short, with a power to which no limits can be assigned ; completed the dominion of mind over...qualities of matter ; and laid a sure foundation for those future miracles of mechanic power which are to aid and reward the labours of after generations....
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Selections from the Sources of English History: Being a Supplement to Text ...

Charles William Colby - 1899 - 378 pages
...and prosperity. It has armed the feeble hand of man, in short, with a power to which no limits can be assigned ; completed the dominion of mind over...mechanic power which are to aid and reward the labours of after generations. It is to the genius of one man, too, that all this is mainly owing ; and certainly...
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Selections from the Sources of English History: Being a Supplement to Text ...

Charles William Colby - 1899 - 398 pages
...and prosperity. It has armed the feeble hand of man, in short, with a power to which no limits can be assigned ; completed the dominion of mind over...mechanic power which are to aid and reward the labours of after generations. It is to the genius of one man, too, that all this is mainly owing; and certainly...
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Science and Industry, Volume 4

1899 - 730 pages
...materials of wealth and prosperity. It has armed the feeble hand of man with a power to which no limits can be assigned ; completed the dominion of mind over...matter, and laid a sure foundation for all those future miriu-les of mechanical power that are to aid and reward the labors of after generations. It is to...
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The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 6

David Josiah Brewer - 1900 - 462 pages
...and prosperity. It has armed the feeble hand of man, in short, with a power to which no limits can be assigned; completed the dominion of mind over the...of mechanic power which are to aid and reward the labors of after generations. It is to the genius of one man, too, that all this is mainly owing! And...
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James Watt

Andrew Carnegie - 1905 - 272 pages
...and prosperity. It has armed the feeble hand of man, in short, with a power to which no limits can be assigned ; completed the dominion of mind over...a sure foundation for all those future miracles of mechanical power which are to aid and reward the labors of after generations. It is to the genius of...
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Nelson's Literature Readers, Book 2

Richard Garnett - 1905 - 494 pages
...man, in short, with a power to which no limits can be assigned ; completed the dominion of mind over matter; and laid a sure foundation for all those future...mechanic power which are to aid and reward the labours of after generations. It is to the genius of one man, too, that all this is mainly owing. And certainly...
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James Watt

Andrew Carnegie - 1905 - 260 pages
...those future miracles of mechanical power which are to aid and reward the labors of after generations. It is to the genius of one man, too, that all this is mainly owing; and certainly no man ever bestowed such a gift on his kind. The blessing is not only universal, but unbounded ; and the fabled...
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Readings in English History Drawn from the Original Sources: Intended to ...

Edward Potts Cheyney - 1908 - 830 pages
...and prosperity. It has armed the feeble hand of man, in short, with a power to which no limits can be assigned ; completed the dominion of mind over...of mechanic power which are to aid and reward the labors of after generations. It is to the genius of one man, too, that all this is mainly owing ; and...
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Readings in Modern European History: Europe since the Congress of Vienna

James Harvey Robinson, Charles Austin Beard - 1909 - 576 pages
...and prosperity. It has armed the feeble hand of man, in short, with a power to which no limits can be assigned ; completed the dominion of mind over...of mechanic power which are to aid and reward the labors of after generations. It is to the genius of one man, too, that all this is mainly owing ; and...
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