![That a country, [England], eminently distinguished for its mechanical and manufacturing ingenuity, should be indifferent to the progress of inquiries which form the highest departments of that knowledge on whose more elementary truths its wealth and rank depend, is a fact which is well deserving the attention of those who shall inquire into the causes that influence the progress of nations.](/assets/img/quote-photos/that-a-country-england-eminently-distinguished-for-its-mechanical-and-manufac.jpg)
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