CYRUS HALL McCORMICK 







rival that of the Koh-i-noor. McCormick was 

 given not only a First Prize but a Council Medal, 

 such as was usually awarded only to Kings and 

 Governments. The London Times, which had 

 led the jeering, became now the loudest in the 

 chorus of approval. "The Reaping machine 

 from the United States," said the Times editor, 

 "is the most valuable contribution from abroad, 

 to the stock of our previous knowledge, that we 

 have yet discovered. It is worth the whole cost 

 of the Exposition." Also, speaking on behalf 

 of the English people, Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer 

 said, "For all manly and practical purposes, the 

 place of the United States is at the head of the 

 poll. Where, out of America, shall we get a 

 pistol like Mr. Colt's, to kill our eight enemies 

 in a second, or a reaping machine like Mr. 

 McCormick's, to clear out twenty acres of 

 wheat in a day?" 



On the whole, this Exposition gave the United 

 States its first opportunity to answer the un- 

 pleasant questions that Sidney Smith had 

 asked in 1820. What have the Americans done, 

 he had asked, for the arts and sciences ? Where 



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