01356nam a2200193Ia 4500 CTU_222654 210402s9999 xx 000 0 und d 609 S641 Smiles, Samuel Men of invention and industry Samuel Smiles New York Harper & Brothers 1885 Contents: A speck in the Northern Ocean, with a rocky coast, an ungenial climate, and a soil scarcely fruitful,—this was the material patrimony which descended to the English race—an inheritance that would have been little worth but for the inestimable moral gift that accompanied it. Yes; from Celts, Saxons, Danes, Normans—from some or all of them—have come down with English nationality a talisman that could command sunshine, and plenty, and empire, and fame. The 'go' which they transmitted to us—the national vis—this it is which made the old Angle-land a glorious heritage. Of this we have had a portion above our brethren—good measure, running over. Through this our island-mother has stretched out her arms till they enriched the globe of the earth....Britain, without her energy and enterprise, what would she be in Europe Inventors,Nhà phát minh Biography,Biography Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ