They do not come wholly or principally from the original, unassisted strength of the human arm, but from the employment, through intelligence and skill, of those great natural forces with which the bountiful Creator has filled every part of the material universe.
Mann explains that human progress relies on harnessing natural forces rather than just physical strength.
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The dearest and most precious of all human rights is the right of private judgment in matters of religion.
Cast it off, West Virginians, whilst yet you have the power; for if you let it descend unbroken to your children, it will have grown to a mountain of misery upon their heads.
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