The characteristic features of the present age and the prospects of the coming era : a lecture delivered to the Mechanics' Institutions of Workington and Maryport
In delivering this lecture, Presbyterian minister Moses Harvey's goal was "to catch a few of the more prominent and striking features of the age in which we live - to show the progress of human thought in the inventions and discoveries of our day - the bearing that these have on man's...
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R. Adair
1849
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns/id/31209 |
| Summary: | In delivering this lecture, Presbyterian minister Moses Harvey's goal was "to catch a few of the more prominent and striking features of the age in which we live - to show the progress of human thought in the inventions and discoveries of our day - the bearing that these have on man's destiny and happiness - the onward march of improvement that the human race is making in physical, intellectual, and moral attainments [.] elevating [ourselves] to a loftier place in God's universe" (p. 3). |
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