 ... set the whole country in active motion. From childhood to age it has presented to us a lucrative employment. Individuals who were depressed with poverty, and sunk in idleness, have suddenly risen to wealth and respectability. Our debts have been paid...  English and American Tool Builders - Página 148por Joseph Wickham Row - 1916 - 315 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1825 - 594 páginas
...been paid, our capitals increased, and our lauda trebled in value. We cannot express the weight of obligation which the country owes to this invention: the extent of it cannot now be seen." i Mr. Whitney was a gentleman of extensive literary and scientific attainments, of liberal and expanded... | |
 | 1863 - 538 páginas
...been paid off, our capitals increased, and our lands trebled in value. We cannot express the weight of obligation which the country owes to this invention ; the extent of it cannot now bo seen." — Yes, and when happier days shall return, and the South, awakening from her suicidal delusion,... | |
 | 1849 - 710 páginas
...tract or country left unexplored by commercial enterprise ? But it is unnecessary to remark further on this subject. A number of years have elapsed since...invention. The extent of it cannot now be seen. Some faint presentiments may be formed, from the reflection that cotton is rapidly supplanting wool, flax, silk,... | |
 | Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana - 1849 - 710 páginas
...time to dwell long upon this topic. Is there a man who hears us who has not experienced its utility f The whole interior of the Southern States was languishing,...invention. The extent of it cannot now be seen. Some faint presentiments may be formed, from the reflection that cotton is rapidly supplanting wool, flax, silk,... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1858 - 524 páginas
...respectability. Our debts have been paid off; our capitals have increased, and, our lands trebled tiiemsclves in value. We cannot express the weight of the obligation which the country owes to this wwn&m. The extent of it cannot now be seen. Some faint presentiment may be formed from the reffection... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1859 - 140 páginas
...paid otf, our capitals increased, and our lands trebled in value. We can not express the weight of obligation which the country owes to this invention ; the extent of it can not now be seen." Yes, and when happier days shall return, and the South, awakening from her suicidal... | |
 | Thomas Prentice Kettell - 1860 - 198 páginas
...paid off, our capitals have increased, and our lands trebled in value. We cannot express the weight of obligation which the country owes to this invention. The extent of it cannot now be seen." This clearly indicates the exhausted state in which 200 years of colonial dependence had left the colonies,... | |
 | Thomas Prentice Kettell - 1860 - 186 páginas
...paid off, our capitals have increased, and our lands trebled in value. We cannot express the weight of obligation which the country owes to this invention. The extent of it cannot now be seen." This clearly indicates the exhausted state in which 200 years of colonial dependence had left the colonies,... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1861 - 52 páginas
...been paid off; our capitals increased, and our lands trebled in value. We cannot express the weight of obligation which the country owes to this invention ; the extent of it cannot now be seen." Yes, and when happier days shall return, and the South, awakening from her suicidal delusion, shall... | |
 | 1861 - 676 páginas
...paid off, our capitals have increased and our lands trebled in value. We cannot express the weight of obligation which the country owes to this invention. The extent of it cannot now be seen." This invention, with the adaptation of the climate of the Southern States, with heat and moisture outside... | |
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