 | Francis Wayland - 1837 - 524 pages
...its productions. It is our improved steam engine, that has fought the battles of Europe, and exalted and sustained, through the late tremendous contest,...greatness of our land. It is the same great power, which enables us to pay our national debt, and to maintain the arduous struggle in which we are still engaged,... | |
 | Francis Wayland - 1837 - 502 pages
...its productions. It is our improved steam engine, that has fought the battles of Europe, and exalted and sustained, through the late tremendous contest,...greatness of our land. It is the same great power, which enables us to pay our national debt, and to maintain the arduous struggle in which we are still engaged,... | |
 | François Arago - 1839 - 290 pages
...its productions. It is our improved steam-engine that has fought the battles of Europe, and exalted and sustained, through the late tremendous contest,...the arduous struggle in which we are still engaged, [1819], with the skill and capital of countries less oppressed with taxation. But these are poor and... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1840 - 576 pages
...productions. " It is • our improved steam engine that has fought the battles of Europe, " and exalted and sustained, through the late tremendous contest,...the arduous " struggle in which we are still engaged (1819), with the skill and capital of " countries less oppressed with taxation. But these are poor... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1844 - 622 pages
...productions. It was our improved Steam-engine, in short, that fought the battles of Europe, and exalted and sustained, through the late tremendous contest,...the arduous struggle in which we are still engaged, [1819], with the skill and capital of countries less oppressed with taxation. But these are poor and... | |
 | William Francis (of Gwennap.) - 1845 - 210 pages
...waves. It is our improved steam engine that has fought the battles of Europe, and exalted and maintain'd the political greatness of our land. It is the same...which now enables us to pay the interest of our debt. It has increased indefinitely the mass of human Next comes the main-rod in the' order of time, Of large... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 754 pages
...productions. It was our improved Steamengine, in short, that fought the battles of Europe, and exalted and sustained, through the late tremendous contest,...the arduous struggle in which we are still engaged, [1819], with the skill and capital of countries less oppressed with taxation. But these are poor and... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 614 pages
...productions. It was our improved steam-engine, in short, that iought the battles of Europe, and exalted and sustained, through the late tremendous contest,...our debt, and to maintain the arduous struggle in ^hich we are still engaged [1819], with the skill and capital of countries less oppressed with taxation.... | |
 | 1850 - 682 pages
...steam-engine :— " It is our improved steam-engine that has fought the battles of Europe, and exalted and sustained, through the late tremendous contest, the political greatness of our Und. It Is the кате great power that now enables us to pay the interest of our debt, and to maintain... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 pages
...productions. It was our improved steam-engine, in short, that fought the battles of Europe, and exalted and sustained, through the late tremendous contest,...the arduous struggle in which we are still engaged [1819], with the skill and capital of countries less oppressed with taxation. But these are poor and... | |
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But these are poor and narrow views of its importance. It has increased indefinitely the mass of human comforts and enjoyments, and rendered cheap and accessible, all over the world, the materials of wealth and prosperity. 
