Indeed, it would be impossible; for, in speaking of its evils, I freely recognize that not only would civilization perish without its beneficent aid, but that every step forward in the history of man has been coincident with, and in large part attributable to, a new mechanical invention.
Beck acknowledges the essential role of mechanical inventions in the advancement of civilization.
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Pennsylvania and New York, with nearly one-sixth of the entire population of the United States, have only four votes in ninety-six votes in the Senate.
To this we owe the elasticity of the instrument.
The American Constitution has been the classic model for the federated State.
I believe America's fate is only deferred by physical causes.
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