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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... "
The Life, Times and Scientific Labours of the Second Marquis of Worcester - Page xiii
by Henry Dircks - 1865 - 624 pages
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The History of England from the Accession of James II.

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1849 - 560 pages
...saluted the lord lieutenant. The chief cause which made the fusion of the different elements of society so imperfect was the extreme difficulty which our...have done most for the civilization of our species. Every improvement of the means of locomotion benefits mankind morally and intellectually as well as...
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The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, Volume 1

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1849 - 470 pages
...saluted the lord lieutenant. The chief cause which made the fusion of the different elements of society so imperfect was the extreme difficulty which our...inventions which abridge distance have done most for the civilisation of our species. Every improvement of the means of locomotion benefits mankind morally...
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The History of England from the Accession of James II.

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1849 - 464 pages
...saluted the lord lieutenant. The chief cause which made the fusion of the different elements of society so imperfect was the extreme difficulty which our...inventions which abridge distance have done most for the civilisation of our species. Every ' improvement of the means of locomotion benefits mankind morally...
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The History of England: From the Accession of James the Second, Volume 1

Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1849 - 884 pages
...of the different ele- Difficult ments of society so imperfect was the extreme difficulty which unj. our ancestors found in passing from place to place....inventions which abridge distance have done most for the civilisation of our species. Every improvement of the means of locomotion benefits mankind morally...
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Friends' Review: A Religious, Literary and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 2

1849 - 854 pages
...an hour, would enable us to go • One of the most popular authors of the day, has remarked, that, " of all inventions, the alphabet and the printing press...have done most for the civilization of our species. Every improvement of the means of locomotion benefits mankind morally and intellectually, as well as...
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Southern Literary Messenger, Volume 15

Literature - 1849 - 820 pages
...the greatest number" is one of the pillars of the Constitution. "Of all inventions," says Macaulay, "the alphabet and the printing press alone excepted,...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...
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The History of England from the Accession of James II.

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1849 - 664 pages
...saluted the lord lieutenant. Of all inventions, the alphabet and the printmg press alone exoepted, 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...
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The History of England, from the Accession of James II.

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1850 - 552 pages
...saluted the Lord Lieutenant. The chief cause which made the fusion of the different elements of society so imperfect was the extreme difficulty which our...inventions, the alphabet and the printing press alone excopted, those inventions which abridge distance have done most for the civilisation of our species....
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The Calcutta Review, Volume 18

India - 1852 - 566 pages
...treating of the causes that checked the advance in civilization of our forefathers, " Of all inven' tions, the alphabet and the printing press alone excepted,...have done most ' for the civilization of our species. Every improvement of ' the means of locomotion benefits mankind, morally and intel' lectually, as well...
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The Calcutta Review, Volume 18

India - 1852 - 556 pages
...treating of the causes that checked the advance in civilization of our forefathers, " Of all inven' tions, the alphabet and the printing press alone excepted,...have done most ' for the civilization of our species. Every improvement of ' the means of locomotion benefits mankind, morally and intel' lectually, as well...
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