 | United States. Dept. of the Interior - 1867 - 732 pages
...historian has declared that, " of all inventions, the alphabet and printing press alone excepted, those which abridge distance have done most for the civilization of our species, regarding every improvement of the means of locomotion as benefiting mankind morally and intellectually,... | |
 | Farmers' Alliance - 1869 - 622 pages
...first volume of the " History of England," " Of all inventions, the alphabet and the printing-press alone excepted, those inventions which abridge distance have done most for the civilisation of our species. . . . Every improvement of the means of locomotion benefits mankind morally... | |
 | United States. General Land Office - 1867 - 388 pages
...historian has declared that, "of all inventions, the alphabet and printing press alone excepted, those which abridge distance have done most for the civilization of our species, regarding ev%ry improvement of the means of locomotion as benefiting mankind morally and intellectually,... | |
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Every improvement of the means of locomotion benefits mankind morally and intellectually as well as materially, and not only facilitates the interchange of the various productions of nature and art, but tends to remove national and provincial antipathies,... 
