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I was with Elias Howe in the Civil War, and he often used to tell me how he had tried for fourteen years to invent the sewing machine and that then his wife, feeling that something really had to be done, invented it in a couple of hours." Listening to him, you begin to feel in touch with everybody and everything, and in a friendly and intimate way. I WAS WITH ELIAS HOWE IN THE CIVIL WAR AND HE OFTEN USED TO TELL ME HOW HE HAD TRIED FOR FOURTEEN YEARS TO INVENT THE SEWING MACHINE AND THEN HIS WIFE FEELING THAT SOMETHING REALLY HAD TO BE DONE INVENTED IT IN A COUPLE HOURS LISTENING TO HIM YOU BEGIN TO FEEL IN TOUCH WITH EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING AND IN A FRIENDLY AND INTIMATE WAY
ings his observant eyes have seen, give him his ceaseless flow of illustrations, and his memory and his skill make admirable use of them. It is seldom that he uses an illustration from what he has read; everything is, characteristically, his own. Henry M. Stanley, who knew him well, referred to him as “that double-sighted Yankee,” who could “see at a glance all there is and all there ever was.” And never was there a man who so supplements with personal reminiscence the place or the person that has figured in the illustration. When he illustrates with the story of the discovery of California gold at Sutter’s he almost parenthetically remarks, “I delivered this lecture on that very spot a few years ago; that is, in the town that arose on that very spot.” And when he illustrates by the story of the invention of the sewing-machine, he adds: “I suppose that if any of you were asked who was the inventor of the sewing-machine, you would say that it was Elias Howe. But that would be a mistake. T THE INFINITE VARIETY OF THINGS HIS OBSERVANT EYES HAVE SEEN GIVE HIM HIS CEASELESS FLOW OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND HIS MEMORY AND HIS SKILL MAKE ADMIRABLE USE OF THEM IT IS SELDOM THAT HE USES AN ILLUSTRATION FROM WHAT HE HAS READ EVERYTHING IS CHARACTERISTICALLY HIS OWN HENRY M STANLEY WHO KNEW HIM WELL REFERRED TO HIM AS THAT DOUBLE SIGHTED YANKEE WHO COULD SEE AT A GLANCE ALL THAT THERE IS AND ALL THERE EVER WAS AND NEVER WAS THERE A MAN WHO SUPPLEMENTS WITH PERSONAL REMINISCENCE THE PLACE OR THE PERSON THAT HAS FIGURED IN THE ILLUSTRATION WHEN HE ILLUSTRATES WITH THE STORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF CALIFORNIA GOLD AT SUTTER'S HE ALMOST PARENTHETICALLY REMARKS I DELIVERED THIS LECTURE ON THAT VERY SPOT A FEW YEARS AGO THAT IS IN THE TOWN THAT AROSE ON THAT VERY SPOT AND WHEN HE ILLUSTRATES BY THE STORY OF THE INVENTION OF THE SEWING MACHINE HE ADDS I SUPPOSE THAT IF ANY OF YOU WERE ASKED WHO WAS THE INVENTOR OF THE SEWING MACHINE YOU WOULD SAY THAT IT IS ELIAS HOWE BUT THAT WOULD BE A MISTAKE
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