 | 1907 - 1164 lehte
...not undeserving of such a eulogium as that pronounced by Macaulay on the philosophy of Bacon: It has lengthened life; it has mitigated pain; it has extinguished...spanned great rivers and estuaries with bridges of form unknown to our fathers; it has guided the thunderbolt innocuously from heaven to earth; it has... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1878 - 634 lehte
...Charles the Second, has effected for mankind, and his answer is ready : " It has lengthened life ; it Las mitigated pain -. it has extinguished diseases ; it...spanned great rivers and estuaries with bridges of form unknown to our fathers ; it has guided the thunderbolt innocuously from heaven to earth ; it has... | |
 | 1894 - 684 lehte
...discoveries which have increased human happiness, and; lessened human suffering. Science has indeed "lengthened life; it has mitigated pain; it has extinguished...diseases; it has increased the fertility of the soil; it hasgiven new securities to the mariner; it has furnished new arms to the warrior; it has spanned great... | |
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It has lengthened life; it has mitigated pain; it has extinguished diseases; it has increased the fertility of the soil; it has given new securities to the mariner; it has furnished new arms to the warrior; it has spanned great rivers and estuaries with... 
