The Influence Of Scientific Discovery And Invention On Social And Political Progress Oration

by Job Durfee

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First edition

Providence: B. Cranston and Company, 1843. First edition, 8vo, pp. 52; removed from binding, wrappers wanting; very good. Durfee here propounds the theory that the recent revolutionary development of steam power was not merely an instance of man making progress, it was a revelation of the divine 'law of progress' and of a 'higher destiny' planned by God himself for the new age Schneider, History of American Philosophy . These ideas were adumbrated by Durfee

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