 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1817 - 780 pages
...gravity, and give them * Supposed to allude to • club at the London Cufi'er- bousr absolule lcvi\y, for the sake of easy transport. Agriculture may diminish...old age) and our lives lengthened at pleasure even beVond the antediluvian standard. O tfiat moral science were in as fair a way of improvement, that... | |
 | William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1817 - 898 pages
...carried in a thousand years, the power of man over rautttr ; we may perhaps learn to deprive large masses of their gravity, and give them absolute levity, for...by sure means be prevented or cured, (not excepting ev$n that of old age,) and our lives lengthened at pleasure, even1 beyond the antediluvian standard.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American letters - 1817 - 452 pages
...serrés dans la Chambre des Communes, surtout pour se mettre à genoux. f , Original, page a5. « Ail diseases may by sure » means be prevented or cured (not excepting » even thatof oldage),andour Hveslengthened »at pleasure even beyond the antidiluvian » standard ». Correspondance... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 542 pages
...carried in a thousand years, the power of man over matter ; we may perhaps learn to deprive large masses of their gravity, and give them absolute levity, for...sake of easy transport. Agriculture may diminish its labor and double its produce : all diseases may by sure means be prevented or cured, (not excepting... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1834 - 682 pages
...matter; wemj perhaps learn to deprive large masses of then gravity, and give them absolute levity forth sake of easy transport Agriculture may diminish its labour and double its produce : aO diseases may by sure means be prevented v cured, (not excepting even that of old age; and our... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - Statesmen - 1839 - 590 pages
...carried, in a thousand years, the power of man over matter. We may perhaps learn to deprive large masses of their gravity, and give them absolute levity, for the sake of easy transport. Agriculture may dimmish its labor and double its produce; all diseases may by sure means be prevented or cured, not... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 596 pages
...carried, in a thousand years, the power of man over matter. We may perhaps learn to deprive large masses of their gravity, and give them absolute levity, for...sake of easy transport. Agriculture may diminish its labor and double its produce ; all diseases may by sure means be prevented or cured, not excepting... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - United States - 1840 - 592 pages
...carried, in a thousand years, the power of man over matter. We may perhaps learn to deprive large masses of their gravity, and give them absolute levity, for...sake of easy transport. Agriculture may diminish its labor and double its produce; all diseases may by sure means be prevented or cured, not excepting even... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1844 - 592 pages
...carried, in a thousand years, the power of man over matter. We may perhaps learn to deprive large masses of their gravity, and give them absolute levity, for...sake of easy transport Agriculture may diminish its labor and double its produce; all diseases may by sure means be prevented or cured, not excepting even... | |
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The rapid progress true science now makes, occasions my regretting sometimes that I was born so soon. It is impossible to imagine the height to which may be carried, in a thousand years, the power of man over matter. We may perhaps learn to deprive large... 
