 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 796 pages
...sometimes almost wished it had been my destiny to be born two or three centuries hence. For invention and improvement are prolific, and beget more of their kind. The present progress is rapid. Many of great importai ce, now unthought of, will before that period be produced ; and then I might not only enjoy... | |
 | John Kneeland, Henry Nathan Wheeler - American literature - 1891 - 494 pages
...sometimes almost wished it had been my destiny to be born two or three centuries hence ; for invention and improvement are prolific, and beget more of their...present progress is rapid. Many of great importance, now un thought of, will before that period be produced ; and then I might not only enjoy their advantages,... | |
 | Elbridge Streeter Brooks - Nineteenth century - 1900 - 452 pages
...improvement are prolific, and beget more of their kind. The present progress is rapid. Many things of great importance, now unthought of, will, before...only enjoy their advantages, but have my curiosity satisfied in knowing what they are to be." That was the wonderful old man's prophecy and regret in... | |
 | Elbridge Streeter Brooks - Nineteenth century - 1900 - 446 pages
...sometimes almost wished it had been my destiny to be born two or three centuries hence. For invention and improvement are prolific, and beget more of their kind. The present progress is rapid. Many things of great importance, now unthought of, will, before that period, be produced ; and then I might... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1901 - 296 pages
...sometimes almost wished it had been my destiny to be born two or three centuries hence ; for invention and improvement are prolific and beget more of their kind....present progress is rapid. Many of great importance, now unthougbt of, will before that period be produced ; and then I might not only enjoy their advantages,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1909 - 280 pages
...sometimes almost wished it had been my destiny to be born two or three centuries hence ; for invention and improvement are prolific and beget more of their kind. The present progress is rapidMany of great importance, now unthought of, will before that period be produced ; and then I might... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1921 - 280 pages
...sometimes almost wished it had been my destiny to be born two or three centuries hence ; for invention and improvement are prolific and beget more of their kind....their advantages, but have my curiosity gratified by knowing what they are to be. I see a little absurdity in what I have just written ; but it is to... | |
 | Holland Thompson - 1921 - 576 pages
...sometimes wished it had been my destiny to be born two or three centuries hence. For invention and improvement are prolific, and beget more of their...unthought of, will, before that period, be produced. Thus the old philosopher felt the thrill of dawn and knew that the day of great mechanical inventions... | |
 | United States - 1921 - 286 pages
...sometimes wished it had been my destiny to be born two or three centuries hence. For invention and improvement are prolific, and beget more of their...unthought of, will, before that period, be produced. Thus the old philosopher felt the thrill of dawn and knew that the day of great mechanical inventions... | |
 | Government publications - 1987 - 546 pages
...sometimes almost wished it had been my destiny to be born two or three centuries hence. For invention and improvement are prolific and beget more of their kind....curiosity gratified in knowing what they are to be." Well, the present process is rapid and, it seems, constantly accelerating. One can imagine how gratified... | |
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I have sometimes almost wished it had been my destiny to be born two or three centuries hence ; for invention and improvement are prolific and beget more of their kind. The present progress is rapid. Many of great importance, now unthought of, will before... 
