 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - 1887 - 438 pages
...the most profound man of science, the most successful combiner of powers and combiner of nu in burs as adapted to practical purposes, was not only one of the most generally well informed, but one of the bestand kindest, of human beings. There he stood, surrounded by the little... | |
 | John Cleaves Henderson - 1890 - 414 pages
...extraordinary as they are, are perhaps only now beginning to be felt, was not only the profound man of science, the most successful combiner of powers and calculator...practical purposes, was not only one of the most generally well informed, but one of the best and kindest of human beings." Without dwelling longer on the praise... | |
 | Thomas Somerville - 1891 - 320 pages
...profound man of science — the most successful combiner of powers and calculator of numbers as applied to practical purposes — was not only one of the most generally well-informed, but one of the kindest of human beings. There he stood, surrounded by the little band I have mentioned of Northern... | |
 | Charles Augustus Maude Fennell - 1891 - 868 pages
...was most likely to possess the military chest : HOR. WALPOLE, Letters, Vol. vin. p. 176 (1858). 1820 the most successful combiner of powers and calculator of numbers as adapted to practical purposes : SCOTT, Monastery, Wks., Vol. np 404 (i867X 1823 a situation | Extremely disagreeable, but common... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1893 - 480 pages
...they are, are perhaps only now beginning to be felt, was not only the most profound man of science, the most successful combiner of powers and calculator...human beings. There he stood, surrounded by the little baud I have mentioned of Northern literati, men not less tenacious, generally speaking, of their own... | |
 | 1899 - 206 pages
...they are, perhaps only now beginning to be felt — was not only the most profound man of science — the most successful combiner of powers and calculator...of the most generally well-informed, but one of the kindest of human Beings. " There he stood, surrounded by the little band I have mentioned of northern... | |
 | William Henry Doolittle - 1903 - 562 pages
...as they are, are perhaps only beginning to be felt—was not only the most profound man of science, the most successful combiner of powers and calculator...but one of the best and kindest of human beings." The first practical application of steam as a working force was to pumping, as has been stated. After... | |
 | William Henry Doolittle - 1903 - 550 pages
...they are, are perhaps only beginning to be felt — was not only the most profound man of science, the most successful combiner of powers and calculator...wellinformed, but one of the best and kindest of human beinga." The first practical application of steam as a working force was to pumping, as has been stated.... | |
 | Andrew Carnegie - 1905 - 260 pages
...was not only the most profound man of science, the most successful combiner of powers, and combiner of numbers, as adapted to practical purposes — was...beings. There he stood, surrounded by the little band of northern literati, men not less tenacious, generally speaking, of their own opinions, than the national... | |
 | Andrew Carnegie - 1905 - 260 pages
...profound man of science, the most successful combiner of powers, and combiner of numbers, as»adapted to practical purposes — was not only one of the...beings. There he stood, surrounded by the little band of northern literati, men not less tenacious, generally speaking, of their own opinions, than the national... | |
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... the world the effects of which, extraordinary as they are, are perhaps only now beginning to be felt, was not only the most profound man of science, the most successful combiner of powers and calculator of numbers, as adapted to practical purposes,... 
