August 1879

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Articles

  • The Future of Invention

    “Everywhere we meet with the same state of facts. The labor-saving machine is entering every field, and its entrance is to the workman an irresistible command to go.”

    W. H. Babcock

  • Two Years of President Hayes

    “He seems to be a man striving to do well an onerous duty, not courting the immediate applause so much as the ultimate justice of his countrymen.”

    Walter Allen

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