Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry (1844)
Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860 · New York, Wiley & Putnam · leaf 140
wind. Most peoplethought Fulton either crazy or a fool, to at-tempt so hopeless a task. But Fulton was a great man, whose mindwas set upon a great object. So, letting theworld make itself merry at his expense, hewent calmly and patiently on. If he metwith a difficulty he labored till he overcameit;… … dies took hold of the wave, the boat movedforward, and steam navigation was accom-plished. This was periiaps the greatest invention ofmodern times. I am speaking of what hap-pened in 1808. The journey of a week is atpresent but the trip of a day—a voyage oftwo months is bit the passage of a…
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