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...follower of Bacon what the new philosophy, as it was called in the time of Charles the Second, bas effected for mankind, and his answer is ready; "It...spanned great rivers and estuaries with bridges of form nnknown to our fathers ; it has guided the thnnderbolt innocuously from heaven to earth; it has lighted...

...inquiry which is alone deserving of the name ? "It has lengthened life, and it has mitigated pain; it has increased the fertility of the soil; it has...furnished new arms to the warrior; it has spanned great estuaries and rivers with bridges unknown to our fathers; it has guided the thunderbolt harmlessly...

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...of Charles II., has effected for mankind, and his answer is ready: "It has lengthened life; it lias mitigated pain; it has extinguished diseases ; it...heaven to earth ; it has lighted up the night with the splendor of the day ; it has extended the range of human vision ; it has multiplied the power of human...

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...gathered from the beneficent and remunerative change which has taken place in intellectual pursuits. " It has lengthened life, it has mitigated pain, it...heaven to earth, it has lighted up the night with the splendor of the day, it has extended the range of human vision, it has multiplied the power of the...

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