 | 2005 - 190 страници
...industrial marvels. In planning the exhibition, Prince Albert wrote: "The Exhibition of 1851 is to give us a true test and a living picture of the point of development at which the whole of mankind has arrived in this great task of applied science and a new starting-point from which all nations will... | |
 | Hugh Honour, John Fleming - 2005 - 996 страници
...progress. According to the Prince Consort, who presided over the organizing committee, it presented 'a living picture of the point of development at which the whole of mankind has arrived' and marked 'the new starting point from which all nations will be able to direct their... | |
 | Kate Colquhoun - 2006 - 352 страници
...Imperial College, a gold mine of primary source material. ••Tin- Exhibition of 1851 is to give us a true test and a living picture of the point of development": Prince Albert's speech at the Mansion House, 21 March 1850, quoted in Martin, The Life of the Prince... | |
 | Kevin Mills - 2007 - 234 страници
...nature to his use; himself a divine intrurnent. . . . Gentlemen — the Exhibition of 1851 is to give us a true test and a living picture of the point of development at which the whole of mankind has arrived in this great task, and a new starting-point from which all nations will be able to direct... | |
 | Mark Patton - 2007 - 298 страници
...ruled Creation so that, by applying them, Man might 'conquer Nature to his use'. The exhibition set out to '... give a true test and a living picture of the point at which the whole of Mankind has arrived in this great task, and a new starting point from which all... | |
 | 1876 - 1022 страници
...thought to the moneyed considerations, the paramount idea being that the Exhibition would give them a true test and a living picture of the point of development...task, and a new starting-point from which all nations »ouU be able to direct their future exertions. This view was certainly the exponent of great truths.... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1863 - 860 страници
...production are entrusted to the stimulus of competition and capital. The Exhibition of 1851 is .to give us a true test, and a living picture, of the point of development at which the whole of mankind has arrived in this great task, and a new starting-point from which all nations will be able to direct... | |
 | Institution of Mechanical Engineers (Great Britain) - 1862 - 630 страници
...accordance with them." "Gentlemen," he 'said, "the Exhibition of 1851 is to give us a true test and living • "picture of the point of development at which the whole of mankind " has arrived in this great task, and a new starting point from which ' ' all nations will be able... | |
 | Institution of Mechanical Engineers (Great Britain) - 1862 - 572 страници
...accordance with them." "Gentlemen," he said, " the Exhibition of 1851 is to give us a true test and living "picture of the point of development at which the whole of mankind " has arrived in this great task, and a new starting point from which " all nations will be able to... | |
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The Exhibition of 1851 is to give us a true test and a living picture of the point of development at which the whole of mankind has arrived in this great task, and a new starting point from which all nations will be able to direct their further exertions. 
