 | 1849 - 820 страници
...all inventions," says Macaulay, "the alphabet and the printing press alone excepted, those inventions which abridge distance have done most for the civilization of our species." Every improvement, oy which time or distance from place to place is lessened, benefits mankind morally... | |
 | 1849 - 854 страници
...remarked, that, " of all inventions, the alphabet and the printing press alone excepted, those inventions which abridge distance have done most for the civilization of our species. Every improvement of the means of locomotion benefits mankind morally and intellectually, as well as... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 664 страници
...place to place. Of all inventions, the alphabet and the printing press alone excepted, those inventions which abridge distance have done most for the civilization of our species. Every improvement of the means of locomotion benefits mankind morally and intellectually as well as... | |
 | 1852 - 566 страници
...forefathers, " Of all inven' tions, the alphabet and the printing press alone excepted, ' those inventions which abridge distance have done most ' for the civilization of our species. Every improvement of ' the means of locomotion benefits mankind, morally and intel' lectually, as well... | |
 | 1852 - 556 страници
...forefathers, " Of all inven' tions, the alphabet and the printing press alone excepted, ' those inventions which abridge distance have done most ' for the civilization of our species. Every improvement of ' the means of locomotion benefits mankind, morally and intel' lectually, as well... | |
 | Michigan State Agricultural Society - 1854 - 1088 страници
...beautifully written, " of all inventions, the alphabet and printing press alone excepted, these inventions which abridge distance have done most for the civilization of our species. Every improvement of the means of locomotion benefits mankind morally and intellectually, as well as... | |
 | John Blakely - 1856 - 302 страници
...inventions — the alphabet, the manufacture of paper, and the printing press excepted — those inventions which abridge distance have done most for the civilization of our species. It has been remarked by an acute observer of historical changes1 that " every improvement in the means... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1862 - 392 страници
...TRAVELLING IN ENGLAND IN THE END OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. OF all inventions, the alphabet and printing alone excepted, those which abridge distance have done most for the civilization of our species. In the seventeenth century, the inhabitants of London were, for almost every practical purpose, further... | |
 | Thomas Rawlings - 1865 - 278 страници
...place to place. Of all inventions, the alphabet and the printingpress alone excepted, those inventions which abridge distance have done most for the civilization of our species. Every improvement of means of locomotion benefits mankind morally and intellectually as well as materially,... | |
 | Henry Dircks - 1865 - 670 страници
...place to place. Of all inventions, the alphabet and the printing press alone excepted, those inventions which abridge distance have done most for the civilization of our species." He then adds, speaking of steam, that it has — "in our day, produced an unprecedented revolution... | |
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Of all inventions, the alphabet and the printing press alone excepted, those inventions which abridge distance have done most for the civilization of our species. Every improvement of the means of locomotion benefits mankind morally and intellectually... 
