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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. 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
hio, in California, in London, in Paris, in New York, in Bombay; and each memory, each illustration, is a hammer with which he drives home a truth. The vast number of places he has visited and people he has met, 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 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.” LAST YEAR OR TEN YEARS AGO IN OHIO IN CALIFORNIA IN LONDON IN PARIS IN NEW YORK IN BOMBAY AND EACH MEMORY EACH ILLUSTRATION IS A HAMMER WITH WHICH HE DRIVES HOME A TRUTH THE VAST NUMBER OF PLACES HE HAS VISITED AND PEOPLE HE HAS MET 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
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