 | 1893 - 632 pages
...right hand are these words from Macaulay : — "Of all inventions, the alphabet and printing-press alone excepted, those inventions which abridge distance have done most for civilization." On the left hand these words from Bacon : — "There be three things which make a natinn prosperous,... | |
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - 1894 - 442 pages
...expressed by Macaulay in the following language: "Of all inventions, the alphabet and the printing-press alone excepted, those inventions which abridge distance have done most for civilization." The nations of the world recognizing the necessity of intercourse among the people, and trade and commerce... | |
 | 1894 - 444 pages
...expressed by Macaulay in the following language: "Of all inventions, the alphabet and the printing-press alone excepted, those inventions which abridge distance have done most for civilization." The nations of the world recognizing the necessity of intercourse among the people, and trade and commerce... | |
 | 1900 - 640 pages
...DESCRIPTION. Largest and Best Assorted Stock in the World. SWEET, WALLAGH & CO., 84 WABASH AVENUE, CHICAGO. " Of all inventions, the alphabet and printing press...abridge distance have done most for civilization. — Ma ca ufey. MAP OF THE NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES. A system of 10.453 miles of railway in the populous... | |
 | New Hampshire Historical Society - 1895 - 548 pages
...expressed by Macaulay in the following language : " Of all inventions, the alphabet and the printing-press alone excepted, those inventions which abridge distance have done most for civilization." The nations of the world recognizing the necessity of intercourse among the people, and trade and commerce... | |
 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute - 1913 - 516 pages
...conditions presented by this important feature of our modern civilization. As Macaulay has well said,- "Of all inventions, the alphabet and printing press...inventions which abridge distance have done most for the civilization of our species." This statement has lost nothing of force or fact during the sixty-odd... | |
 | 1903 - 1028 pages
...Bldg., CHICAGO. ILL. "THE KATY FLYER" When writing to Advertisers kindly mention "THE WORLD TO-DAY." the printing press alone excepted, those inventions which abridge distance have done most for the civilization of our species." — — MACAULEY PERFECTION IN TRANSPORTATION IS FURNISHED BY THE... | |
 | 1902 - 640 pages
...THOUGHT СОГУШОНТ ГОЯ '.«> «т BRITAIN BY JAMES HCNDCRtON UNOCIt THE ACT OF 1891. LIFE "Of all inventions, the alphabet and printing press...Macaulay. MAP OF THE NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES. A system of 11,126 miles of railway in the populous territory east of Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati, furnishing... | |
 | 1902 - 614 pages
...free. Also Lens Booklet and Shutter Booklet. Bausch 4 Lomb Optical Co. New York Rochester, NY Chicago "Of all inventions, the alphabet and printing press...excepted, those inventions which abridge distance huve done most lor civilization. "—Atacaulay. MAP OF THE NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES. A system of 11,126... | |
 | 1902 - 694 pages
...Writ* for 1800 Booklet. Telephone, 4704 CortUndt. " Of all inventions, the alphabet and print" ing press alone excepted, those inventions which abridge distance have done most for civilization. — Macau/ay. MAP OF THE NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES. A system of 11,126 miles of railway in the populous... | |
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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. 
