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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Men of Invention and Industry

Men of Invention and Industry

Smiles, Samuel

Paperback

Classic Fiction

ISBN10: 1517268117
ISBN13: 9781517268114
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Sep 8 2015
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.54
Height: 0.20 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.02
Language: English
A speck in the Northern Ocean, with a rocky coast, an ungenial climate, and a soil scarcely fruitful, -this was the material patrimony which descended to the English race-an inheritance that would have been little worth but for the inestimable moral gift that accompanied it. Yes; from Celts, Saxons, Danes, Normans-from some or all of them-have come down with English nationality a talisman that could command sunshine, and plenty, and empire, and fame. The 'go' which they transmitted to us-the national vis-this it is which made the old Angle-land a glorious heritage. Of this we have had a portion above our brethren-good measure, running over. Through this our island-mother has stretched out her arms till they enriched the globe of the earth....Britain, without her energy and enterprise, what would she be in Europe?-Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1870)

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