Excerpt from England: Her Present Condition and Future Prospects as One of the Great Powers of the Earth; A Lecture Delivered Before the Atheneum, Columbus, O March 6, 1856 But it is like Tyre of old, by the multitude of her wares, that Great Britain makes the world her tributary. It is difficult to find a nation or people, great or small, sav age or civilized, that does not furnish something Of the pro ducts of the earth in exchange for the product of her eu gines. Bonaparte said she conquered him with her spin dles: and it was indeed vain for even him to resist them. If he were the film of Destiny, the Steam Engine was one of its Powers - quite too mighty for the man. But when these spindles conquered the conqueror of Europe, they had acquired not half their present potency. Their increase has since been very great, and more than ever within the last ten years; and with them have increased the wealth and prosperity of the nation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.