Excerpt from Robert Boyle, Inventor and Philanthropist: A Biographical Sketch
As a just tribute of respect to an Inventor and Philanthropist, whose life had been spent in good and useful work, some portions of the matter contained in the following pages were contributed five years ago to the columns of the "Inventor's Record."
Of emperors and princes, ministers of state, and heroes of the sword we have ample knowledge. History and biography keep pace with the worlds adoration of temporal power and the semi-barbaric love of pageantry and pomp, but modern civilization has been built up by stout hearts and strong hands, nobly devoted to a greater revolution than ever sceptre or sword can accomplish. In the field of industry hundreds of men come and go, leaving behind them memorials of their conscientious toil in the form of substantial and permanent benefits conferred on future generations.
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