The creative faculty of modern man seems by an irresistible law at work on the virgin soil of science, daily increasing by its inventions our command over nature, and multiplying the material happiness of man.
In his biography of Lord George Bentinck, he observes the direction of modern human creativity towards scientific advancement.
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Whenever a great question arose, the people out of doors went to Lord George Bentinck, and when the discussion commenced, he was always found to be the man armed with the authority of knowledge.
No series of parliamentary labours had ever produced so much influence in the country in so short a time.
Free from prejudices, his large mind sympathized with all classes of the realm.
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