From coal have come all the various products of her manufactories, and these again have furnished the freights for her ships, so that she has become not only a great manufacturing nation, but also a great commercial nation.
He explains how coal has been the foundation for England's manufacturing and commercial success.
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The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
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