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be accomplished by single machine; and TN
fourth in turn give employment to a hundred nd
ditional aborers. Thus few machines, driv
en- by one watcr.wheel or steam engine. and &C
cupied in on, branch OF manufacturr. NAV brine
| together thousand workinnn: and operations
that formerly occupied an extensive district
ire now ACCOMPLISHED within the walls Of a sin
gle building. By this system you have the on
1rgy, efficiency. harmony, economy. and unity
Of purnosc and Of action that spring from con-
centration and Intelligent division Of labor
while the substitution Of machinery for human
hands enables hundred men to perform the
work Of ten thousand
I The modern invention and use of complicated
machinery is one Of the most remarkable and i'm
portart facts in the history of our race-rern,rk-
able and important both in an economical and
pshvc' ologcal point o view. rs almos. the fact
which gives any countenancr To the visionary
theory Of the perfectibility ef the species. In
venion and contrivance, the conscious adapion
of means to ends, as distinguished from blind
instinct, are essential powers and Characters
tics Of men in all ages and all forms Of social
existence but the modern talent Of mechanical
combination, if not til Development of a new
faculty, is at least the Awakening of dormant
POWER in the human mind. The fundamental
principle ofal proper mechanical contrivances is
the ibjugation of the mute unconscious forces
of inanimate nature 10 the control ofhuman will
Nuns researches into the laws of inorganic ma
ture have taught him to command those forces !;
for here knowledge is power and he may now
boast without profanity, that. since the invisible
powers which sleep in the thin air. ncutralzed
and balanced by each other. or lie quicscent in tn
floating vapor. have b. Ell evolved and conquered
. by him, the winds aud waters obey him that he
| has now fulfilled the great command "to sub
duct ~ o-
control those forces of inorganic nature By
whose ministry Almighty power built mp and
: still sustains it. Although what are technical
" called the mechanical 7poicers-.he lever the
} wheel and axis the inclined pane the screw
, the WEDGE. and the rome and nullev-.bave hoen
lono known i, is only in rorr rece,. ,i,,os tho.
any. oC tho crcos of in,,,;,,,,o n,,rro Loro Loo
+ made ovoi},lio for rncchanica, nnrnnsns ovcor,
in srch simnlo ornl;ca,;nns a. ,ha, 81 ,,.;,a T.
rrorol ,;ns nr ,ha o,,r.art &c "'.'
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of n.a,or ani ~ ca; Hl, nv u il
no,,.or n nroJnc;n,r
motion II The forcss of rr,r;,, a,a
r na,;,m ne motive ,o,vore--aiI',Lo orJ nov,
!; o.bor III ;ns,.-oas 40 Ill. I,.. ~,
rnnnrr' c,urns as vol os oil n;har Lrann,,o. -
,ha ;nIns,r, nr ,ho ono;nr,s ,,.n,a oos.;rJ ~, =,
= $50. f,r.oS ,i'o ,,mns,;a,na e.so,i, on
~ haas, hr, !, l. ,ha ,r;,,r,.h - ~, ~ 81
mos, ~ onr ,rnnsra,;on ,ha, man i w. lanr ~,
;. tho snrnrs,;,inns lave IF tLo ;.rosis,iIJa elo
=, ,nor.s h,, ,,,,, oro,, doof ra,,,,, b. Lan.d IL
y ;,no,;o,,s ,.o;,o s,hm;,t,d Lor r,i,i, -
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4 ,Jc,suro whethnr tnr &, .h;or;na Mn or E,
y roor;nc , roiaco ,bo sa,oo r,rco ul;,h ,,,b;c
y sLa sI,lef con,;ne,, ~ u,,hna,o, "rr.
= Tho snhnra,ion If ,ha cort,;n and coIcr,nii
f,rces of nature 10 haman ,,sns ;s eo hanot;s;
i in its results, that the degree in which it ha
d been accomplished is the surest measure of tn
i prosperity Of a people and the increase Of PROF
If er mechanical skill is an infllble token Of az
l. vancement in the great ends and objects of SC
n clal organization.
@ These proud trumphs are the results of mod
d crn improvements in the physical sciences. an
o are IN a great measure the fruits OF the encoul
y agement winch those studies have enjoyed fror
I, the manufacturing ana mechanical arts. IN
II dyer. the Dleacher, ana the sugar rchner nav
l. stimulated curious researches into the laws {
't chemical combination. and proved the most mu
= nltccnt patrons OF the analytical chemist; tn
r miner has rewarded and promoted the abors {
the mineraloglSt ana the geologist the lnrnac
o of the glass-blower has furnished the opticia
n with the means OF eXpcr.m ming on the rciraC
TT tive and dsper-ive powers of the glass fror
;. which are fabricated the lenses of his micro
?. scopes and telescopes the matchmaker ha
IN constructed his tmcpiece By which the nlvig;
l. tor determines the position Of his ship, of III
le known shoals and newly discovered shore.
lc and the mathematical instrument maker has il
l. vented contrivances, b. whose aid the aStront
D. mrr may observe and measure the movement
" of the heavenly bodies. and calculate their re-,
Il. oluons to the fraction ct second. in spit, oft
ntricacy of their perturbations.
r There is another characteristic of these art
al which even now, when we are in llging in wi!
a. tances of national ACCOMPLISHMENT aud conluc
of and marta renown, nav well recommend the
IS, to the favor a sober American statesman The
of are emphat;cutly the arts of peace. They dra
A their nourishment from peace. and in turn IN,
N prom ,te peace. Peac, is necessary To the ma
if ui.cturcr that he NAV safely draw from dista
sc countries the raw materials which he reonir
:, for tn, fabrication of his wares pe,c, that n
IL product. of his loom his forge. or his lathe. m.
90 lind their way 10 the fnre;on consumer. ne,c
d. that the markets in which he buys and sells m;
r. not be affected by the uctu,tions of an un.tab
nd currency. Peace is necessary 10 a marine
i'll that he NAV freely profit by the CONVEYANCE
r. both the mate,iL aud the elaborated product