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mere progression of the implement, made them per- 

 fectly separate and independent, so that if you ceased 

 to proceed, your ' coffee-mill ' would still be at work, 

 and only wanting fresh coffee to grind ; then, and 

 only then, shall we have laid hold of the end of the 

 clue that leads to Cultivation by Steam ; for then, 

 and only then, shall we have begun to appreciate 

 the real and unique value of the new agent we 

 possess. To suppose that it would gear its noble 

 faculty to the dragging of ploughs, or the redoubled 

 solecism of a rolling spade-machine, is to overlook 

 the axioms of natural law, the fundamental relations 

 and exactions that govern the progress and throw 

 light upon the history of Invention. 



' The willing giant stands idly panting and smoking.' 



