When we can drain the Ocean into mill-ponds, and bottle up the Force of Gravity by retail, in gas jars; then may we hope to comprehend the infinitudes of man’s soul under formulas of Profit and Loss; and rule over this too, as over a patent engine, by checks, and valves, and balances.
- - Signs of the Times by Thomas Carlyle, 1829.
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