 | Delphian Society, Chicago - 1913 - 614 pagina’s
...improved upon and surpassed by competing effort. . . . The exhibition of 1851 is to give us a true text and a living picture of the point of development at...mankind has arrived in this great task, and a new starting point, from which all nations will be able to direct their further exertions." The Crystal... | |
 | 1914 - 136 pagina’s
...laws his standard of action, to conquer nature to his use ; himself a divine instrument. Gentlemen, the Exhibition of 1851 is to give us a true test and...nations will be able to direct their further exertions. I confidently hope that the first impression which the view of this vast collection will produce upon... | |
 | Esther Singleton - 1916 - 354 pagina’s
...laws of beauty and symmetry, and gives to our productions forms in accordance to them. "Gentlemen — the Exhibition of 1851 is to give us a true test and a living picture of point of development at which the whole of mankind has arrived in this great task, and a new starting-point... | |
 | John Bagnell Bury - 1920 - 404 pagina’s
...r.ivilisatipn, is being extended tO aIl_branrh.P«J nf gn'pnrp, inrhigrry, anH art . . . Gentlemen, the Exhibition of 1851 is to give us a true test and...nations will be able to direct their further exertions." 1 The point emphasised here is the "solidarity" of the world. The Exhibition is to bring home to men's... | |
 | John Bagnell Bury - 1920 - 404 pagina’s
...of civilisation, is being extended to all branches of science, industry, and art. . . . Gentlemen, the Exhibition of 1851 is to give us a true test and...nations will be able to direct their further exertions." 1 The point emphasised here is the "solidarity" of the world. The Exhibition is to bring home to men's... | |
 | John Bagnell Bury - 1920 - 412 pagina’s
...of civilisation, is being extended to all branches of science, industry, and art. . . . Gentlemen, the Exhibition of 1851 is to give us a ; true test...which all nations will be able to direct their further exertions."1 The point emphasised here is the "solidarity" of the world. The Exhibition is to bring... | |
 | John Bagnell Bury - 1920 - 402 pagina’s
...being extended to all branches of science, industry, and art. . . . Gentlemen, the Exhibition of 185i is to give us a true test and a living picture of...which all nations will be able to direct their further exertions."1 The point emphasised here is the "solidarity" of the world. The Exhibition is to bring... | |
 | Asa Briggs - 1975 - 368 pagina’s
...the Great Exhibition of 1851, which dominated the year. Its purpose was "to present a true test and living picture of the point of development at which the whole of mankind has arrived . . . and a new starting point, from which all nations will be able to direct their further exertions."... | |
 | Edward Cornish - 1977 - 322 pagina’s
...the achievements of modern invention, and we can traverse them with incredible ease. . . . Gentlemen, the Exhibition of 1851 is to give us a true test and...mankind has arrived in this great task, and a new starting point from which all nations will be able to direct their further exertions. When the Exhibition... | |
 | 1862 - 602 pagina’s
...laws his standard of action, to conquer nature to his use ; himself a Divine instrument ' Gentlemen, the Exhibition of 1851 is to give us a true test and a living picture of tho point of development at which the whole of mankind has arrived in this great task, and a new starting... | |
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Gentlemen — the Exhibition of 1851 is to give us a true test and a living picture of the point of development at which the whole of mankind has arrived in this great task, and a new starting-point from which all nations will be able to direct their... 
