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— Charles Thomas Newton"Wherever man has left the stamp of mind on brute-matter; whether we designate his work as structure, texture, or mixture, mechanical or chymical; whether the result be a house, a ship, a garment, a piece of glass, or a metallic implement, these memorials of economy and invention will always be worthy of the attention of the Archaeologist."
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As the archaeology of our thought easily shows, man is an invention of recent date. And one perhaps nearing its end.
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