Project Gutenberg 2016-05-05 Public domain in the USA. 76 Lincoln, Abraham 1809 1865 United States President (1861-1865) Lincoln, Abe Coyle, Ray Frederick 1885 1924 16008819 Discoveries and Inventions: A lecture by Abraham Lincoln delivered in 1860 Produced by Chris Curnow, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Discoveries and Inventions: A lecture by Abraham Lincoln delivered in 1860" is a historical account in the form of a lecture by the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. The material reflects Lincoln's intellectual engagement and perspectives on humanity's advancements through discoveries and inventions, illustrating his knowledgeable viewpoint influenced by both personal insights and biblical references. This work is rooted in the time period of the mid-19th century, during a time of significant social and technological change in America, just before Lincoln's election to the presidency. In this lecture, Lincoln explores the evolution of human progress through various inventions, emphasizing the unique capacity of man to innovate compared to other creatures. He discusses early discoveries, such as clothing and tools, and links these developments to historical and biblical narratives, reinforcing their significance in human society. He transitions into more complex inventions, including transportation methods, agriculture, and the utilization of natural forces like wind and steam. Throughout, Lincoln showcases an appreciation for human ingenuity as a defining characteristic of our species and encourages a continued pursuit of knowledge and improvement. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Inventions E456 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General Browsing: Science - General 52396 52397 2024-09-21T15:55:43.994602 2023-09-22T12:31:40.892149 text/html text/html 48216 2016-05-05T16:45:30 text/html; charset=utf-8 273220 2016-05-05T16:45:30 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 320733 2024-09-21T15:55:46.615605 application/epub+zip 319363 2024-09-21T15:55:44.796645 application/epub+zip 68922 2024-09-21T15:55:44.423588 application/epub+zip 343705 2024-09-21T15:55:48.176595 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 332407 2024-09-21T15:55:46.245580 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 82375 2022-09-23T17:40:45.142855 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 40226 40020 2024-09-21T15:55:43.800649 2023-09-22T12:31:40.693186 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 40228 2016-05-05T16:45:26 text/plain; charset=utf-8 15554 2016-05-05T16:45:30 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18959 2024-09-21T15:55:48.310550 application/rdf+xml 6227 2024-09-21T15:55:44.499597 image/jpeg 1350 2024-09-21T15:55:44.460587 image/jpeg 277072 2024-09-21T15:55:44.008584 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia