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miglity engines for land and sea, that give to man an irresistible 
power; countless mills for grinding and pressing and crushing ; 
wonderful looms and spinning jennies, each doing the work of 
hundreds of human hands; machines, too, for making every 
article of manufacture known to the commerce of the world ; 
tremendous hydraulic machinery, pouring over and over again, 
into vast reservoirs, floods of water, with a roar that suggested 
the thunders of Niagara,—all mingling their ceaseless hum and 
whirr, and champ, and rattle and roar with ten thousand hu¬ 
man voices in one grand symphony, telling, as a sure prophecy, 
of the good time coming, when the whole human race shall 
have been lifted up and measurably redeemed from the drudg¬ 
ery of toil! 
The nations represented here were few in number:—Eng¬ 
land, occupying more than half the space; France, with a fine 
display ; Belgium, next in rank ; Prussia next; then Austria, 
Sweden, Denmark, Italy, Switzerland, and finally, the most 
inconspicuous, but not the least important of all, America. 
A majority of the works of art, as I have already said, had 
place in the great Art Gallery, which occupied the space be¬ 
tween the two brick walls of the three exposed sides of the 
palace; the aggregate length being a trifle less than half a 
mile. The main entrance was at the central tower on Cromwell 
road ; the British artists occupying all that portion to the right, 
and the other countries, more particularly, France, Italy, Aus¬ 
tria, the German States and Belgium, filling that on the left of 
the tower. When it is remembered that the exhibition in this 
department was not confined to the works of living artists, but 
included many of the finest works by the old masters, it will 
at once appear how rich and magnificent an entertainment this 
department afforded to such as had the requisite time and cul¬ 
ture for its study and enjoyment. 
Having completed the proposed general survey of the Exhi¬ 
bition, as a whole, I commenced a systematic study of it by 
classes, comparing country with country, in each department ; 
to which labor I gave two full months, going usually at six or 
seven o’clock in the morning and retiring when the palace was 
closed for the night. 
