 | Josh Sakolsky - 2005 - 182 Seiten
...into the plans they formulated for American culture. "It is impossible to imagine," wrote the former, "the height to which may be carried, in a thousand...deprive large masses of their gravity and give them levity, for the sake of easy transportation. Agriculture may diminish its labor and double its produce;... | |
 | David Edwin Harrell, Edwin S. Gaustad, John B. Boles, Sally Foreman Griffith - 2005 - 860 Seiten
...religious awe. Dear Sir [Joseph Priestly], ... I always rejoice to hear of your being still employ'd in experimental researches into nature, and of the...occasions my regretting sometimes that I was born too soon. It is impossible to imagine the heights to which may be carried, in a thousand years, the... | |
 | Mark Skousen, Benjamin Franklin - 2005 - 514 Seiten
...received. I rejoiced to hear that Mr. Priestley was still employ'd in experimental researches into nature. The rapid progress true science now makes occasions...was born so soon. It is impossible to imagine the heights to which the power of man may be carried over matter in a thousand years. We may perhaps learn... | |
 | Francis Wheen - 2005 - 340 Seiten
...Romantics 178 9. Forward to the Past 206 10. Voodoo Revisited 238 Notes 289 Index 306 Dare to Know The rapid progress true Science now makes, occasions my regretting sometimes that I was born too soon. It is impossible to imagine the height to which may be carried, in a thousand years, the... | |
 | Joel Garreau - 2005 - 412 Seiten
...in 1795. In 1780, Benjamin Franklin wrote to the chemist, biologist and minister Joseph Priestley, "The rapid progress true science now makes, occasions my regretting sometimes that I was born too soon. It is impossible to imagine the height to which may be carried, in a thousand years, the... | |
 | Brenda Haugen, Andrew Santella - 2005 - 122 Seiten
...inventions were to come, and he wished he could see into the future. In 1780, he wrote to a friend, The rapid progress true Science now makes occasions my regretting sometimes that I was born too soon. It is impossible to imagine the Heights to which may be carried, in a thousand years, the... | |
 | Tom Streeter - 2006 - 458 Seiten
...make, occasions my regrets sometimes that I was born so soon. It is impossible to imagine the heights to which may be carried in a thousand years, the power of man over matter. . .All diseases may by sure means be prevented or cured, not excepting even that of old age, and our... | |
 | Brenda Haugen, Andrew Santella - 2005 - 118 Seiten
...inventions were to come, and he wished he could see into the future. In 1780, he wrote to a friend, The rapid progress true Science now 'makes occasions my regretting sometimes that I teas born too soon. It is impossible to imagine the Heights to which may be carried, in a thousand... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2007 - 513 Seiten
...received. I rejoiced to hear that Mr. Priestley was still employ'd in experimental researches into nature. The rapid progress true science now makes occasions...was born so soon. It is impossible to imagine the heights to which the power of man may be carried over matter in a thousand years. We may perhaps learn... | |
 | Mary J. McDonough - 2007 - 276 Seiten
...be overcome.45 Later Benjamin Franklin, reflecting a similar Enlightenment faith in medicine, wrote, "It is impossible to imagine the height to which may...in a thousand years, the power of man over matter. . . . All diseases may be prevented or cured, not excepting even that of old age, and our lives lengthened... | |
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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... 
