The American Library of Useful Knowledge, Volume 1Stimpson and Clapp, 1831 |
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... labor , but indolence ; want of in- terest , and excitement ; want of motive to warm , and of object to accomplish ; ignorance of means , leading to in- difference to ends . Hence it is , that the very highest and the very lowest orders ...
... labor , but indolence ; want of in- terest , and excitement ; want of motive to warm , and of object to accomplish ; ignorance of means , leading to in- difference to ends . Hence it is , that the very highest and the very lowest orders ...
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... labor , aided perhaps by the simple lever ; or if not , by what forgotten combination of power , by what now un- known machines , mass was thus aggregated to mass , and quarry piled on quarry , till solid granite seemed to cover the ...
... labor , aided perhaps by the simple lever ; or if not , by what forgotten combination of power , by what now un- known machines , mass was thus aggregated to mass , and quarry piled on quarry , till solid granite seemed to cover the ...
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... labor . Yet nothing like the common suction pump has been found among rude nations . It has arrived at its present state only by slow and doubtful steps of improvement ; and , indeed , in that present state , however obvious and ...
... labor . Yet nothing like the common suction pump has been found among rude nations . It has arrived at its present state only by slow and doubtful steps of improvement ; and , indeed , in that present state , however obvious and ...
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... labor , her abundant falls of water , and various other causes , have led her citi- zens to embark , with great boldness , into extensive manu- factures . The success of their establishments depends , of course , in no small degree ...
... labor , her abundant falls of water , and various other causes , have led her citi- zens to embark , with great boldness , into extensive manu- factures . The success of their establishments depends , of course , in no small degree ...
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... labor , after the necessities and comforts of individuals are provided for ; and not , like the Pyramids , by the unremitted toil of thousands of half starved slaves . Domestic architecture , therefore , as connected with ' individual ...
... labor , after the necessities and comforts of individuals are provided for ; and not , like the Pyramids , by the unremitted toil of thousands of half starved slaves . Domestic architecture , therefore , as connected with ' individual ...
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