 | Horace Mann - 1848 - 76 str.
...one day than could have been manufactured by all the inhabitants of the Eastern continent during tht tenth century. On an element which in ancient times...which human science and skill have enlisted in their sen-ice, confront and overcome the raging of the elements — breasting tempests and tides, escaping... | |
 | 1849 - 620 str.
...hundred men starting from the same post, and attempting the same distance, with all the equestrian toil and tardiness. " The cotton mills of Massachusetts...— breasting tempests and tides, escaping reefs and lea shores, and careering, triumphantly, around the globe. The velocity of winds, the weight of waters,... | |
 | 1849 - 854 str.
...cotton mills of Massachusetts will turn out more cloth in one day than could have been manufactured by the inhabitants of the Eastern continent during the...even there the gigantic forces of nature, which human power and skill have enlisted in the service, confront and overcome the raging of the elements —... | |
 | Horace Mann - 1851 - 592 str.
...laborer can turn, and how soon will he be weary! Compare this with a wheel driving a thousand spindles or looms, which a stream of water can turn, and never...— breasting tempests and tides, escaping reefs and lee shores, and careering triumphant around the globe. The velocity of winds, the weight of waters,... | |
 | Horace Mann - 1851 - 588 str.
...laborer can turn, and how soon will he be weary! Compare this with a wheel driving a thousand spindles or looms, which a stream of water can turn, and never...— breasting tempests and tides, escaping reefs and lee shores, and careering triumphant around the globe. The velocity of winds, the weight of waters,... | |
 | William Valentine - 1856 - 302 str.
...stream of water can turn and never tire. A locomotive will take five hundred men, and bear them on a journey hundreds of miles in a day. Look at these...— breasting tempests and tides, escaping reefs and lee shores, and careering triumphant around tha globe. The velocity of winds, the weight of waters,... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - 1859 - 356 str.
...laborer can turn, and how soon will he be weary ! Compare this with a wheel driving a thousand spindles or looms, which a stream of water can turn, and never...— breasting tempests and tides, escaping reefs and lee shores, and careering triumphant around the globe. The velocity of winds, the weight of waters,... | |
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A locomotive will take five hundred men, and bear them on their journey hundreds of miles in a day. Look at these same five hundred men, starting from the same point, and attempting the same distance, with all the pedestrian's or the equestrian's toil... 