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The many illustrations have been moved to fall on paragraph breaks.As a result, on occasion, the pagination will be locally disrupted.Between the Introduction and Chapter I there are two full-pageillustrations, but the pagination skips four pages. On the other handthe illustrations between pp. 94 and 95 were not included in thepagination. The occasional blank pages have been omitted. In any case,the page numbers provided here reflect those which were printed.
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The above symbolic picture, after the master painting of Paul Sinibaldi, explains the secret of the wonderful progress of the past 100 years. The genius of Industry stands in the centre. To her right sits Chemistry; to the left the geniuses of Electricity with the battery, the telephone, the electric light; there also are the geniuses of Navigation with the propeller, and of Literature and Art, all bringing their products to Industry who passes them through the hands of Labor in the foreground to be fashioned for the use of mankind.
THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF ONE HUNDRED YEARS
Famous Men And Great Events
of the Nineteenth Century
Embracing Descriptions of the Decisive Battles of the Century and the Great Soldiers Who Fought Them; the Rise and Fall of Nations; the Changes in the Map of the World, and the Causes Which Contributed to Political and Social Revolutions; Discoverers and Discoveries; Explorers of the Tropics and Arctics; Inventors and Their Inventions; the Growth of Literature, Science and Art; the Progress of Religion, Morals and Benevolence in All Civilized Nations.
By CHARLES MORRIS, LL. D.
Author of “The Aryan Race,” “Civilization, Its History, Etc.,” “The Greater Republic,” Etc.
Embellished With Nearly 100 Full-Page Half-Tone Engravings,Illustrating the Greatest Events of the Century, and 100 Portraits ofthe Most Famous Men in the World.