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letter: mark twain walt whitman re: 19th century achievements

[WHAT]

1. ] These seventy years have done much more to widen the interval between man & the other animals than was accomplished by any five centuries which preceded them. 

[WHY]

1. ] The steam press,
2. ] the steamship,
3. ] the steel ship,
4. ] the railroad,
5. ] the perfected cotton-gin,
6. ] the telegraph, the telephone,
7. ] the phonograph,
8. ] the photograph,
9. ] photo-gravure,
10. ] the electrotype,
11. ] the gaslight,
12. ] the electric light,
13. ] the sewing machine,
14. ] & the amazing, infinitely varied & innumerable products of coal tar,
15. *** AND
16. ] application of anesthesia to surgery-practice
17. ] you have seen the slave set free,
18. ] you have seen the monarchy banished from France, & reduced in England to a machine which makes an imposing show of diligence & attention to business, but isn’t connected with the works
19. ***
20. ] You shall see marvels upon marvels added to these whose nativity you have witnessed; & conspicuous above them you shall see their formidable Result—Man at almost his full stature at last!

[WHERE]

1. ]  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/06/mark-twain-letter_n_5268842.html

[WHEN]

1. ] 1889-05-24

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[HOW-TO]

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[REFERENCE]

1. ] src = huffington post 2014-05-06
2. ] CC timeline

 

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DESCRIPTION: By Mark Twain - Mark writes a fascinating letter to Walt Whitman about the achievements of the 19th century, both technological and societal.

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