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" ... we are living at a period of most wonderful transition, which tends rapidly to accomplish that great end — to which indeed all history points — the realisation of the unity of mankind. Not a unity which breaks down the limits and levels the peculiar... "
The orator, a treasury of English eloquence - Page 1
by Orator - 1864
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International Law, Museums and the Return of Cultural Objects

Ana Filipa Vrdoljak - 2006 - 29 pages
...great end, to which, all history points - the realisation of the unity of mankind. Not unity which breaks down the limits and levels the peculiar characteristics...very national varieties and antagonistic qualities. Whilst formerly the greatest mental energies strove at universal knowledge, and that knowledge, was...
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Brunel: The Life and Times of Isambard Kingdom Brunel

R. Angus Buchanan - 2006 - 338 pages
...end - to which indeed all history points - the realization of the unity of mankind; not a unity that breaks down the limits and levels the peculiar characteristics...of those very national varieties and antagonistic qualities.45 As far as Prince Albert was concerned, the Exhibition was intended to be the first great...
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A Force of Nature: The Frontier Genius of Ernest Rutherford

Richard Reeves - 2008 - 232 pages
...that great end to which, indeed, all history points — the realization of the unity of mankind . . . The distances which separated the different nations and parts of the globe are gradually vanishing before the achievements of modern invention, and we can traverse them with incredible...
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1

Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1850 - 870 pages
...to which, indeed, all history points — the realization of the unity of mankind. Not a unity which breaks down the limits and levels the peculiar characteristics...separated the different nations and parts of the globe are gradually vanishing before the achievements of modern invention, and we can traverse them with incredible...
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Annual Register, Volume 104

Edmund Burke - 1863 - 860 pages
...to which, indeed, all history points — the realization of the unity of mankind. Not a unity which breaks down the limits and levels the peculiar characteristics...national varieties and antagonistic qualities." " The products," he continues, " of all quarters of the globe are placed at our disposal, and we have only...
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The Veterinarian: A Monthly Journal of Veterinary Science, Volume 40, Part 1

1867 - 570 pages
...to which, indeed, all history points — the realisation of the unity of mankind ! Not a unity which breaks down the limits and levels the peculiar characteristics...very national varieties and antagonistic qualities." Our aim, our object, has been to aid in the advancement of knowledge. It may be little that we can...
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Proceedings - Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Institution of Mechanical Engineers (Great Britain) - 1862 - 630 pages
...to which indeed all history points, — the realisation of the unity " of mankind: not a unity which breaks down the limits and levels "the peculiar characteristics...earth; "but rather a unity, the result and product of national varieties "and antagonistic qualities." "Science," he continued, "discovers " the laws of...
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Proceedings - Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Institution of Mechanical Engineers (Great Britain) - 1862 - 572 pages
...which indeed all history points, — the realisation of the unity " of mankind : not a unity which breaks down the limits and levels "the peculiar characteristics...earth; "but rather a unity, the result and product of national varieties "and antagonistic qualities." " Science," he continued, "discovers " the laws of...
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