. Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time, comprising the development of social instititions and the story of all nations . r does it require a greatstretch of the imagination to see in the inven-tion of the phonograph one of the greatestachievements of the age—a discovery, indeed,which may possibly revolutionize the wholemethod of learning. It would seem clear thatnature has intended the ear, rather than the eye, to be the organ of educatiou. It is mani-festly against the
. Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time, comprising the development of social instititions and the story of all nations . r does it require a greatstretch of the imagination to see in the inven-tion of the phonograph one of the greatestachievements of the age—a discovery, indeed,which may possibly revolutionize the wholemethod of learning. It would seem clear thatnature has intended the ear, rather than the eye, to be the organ of educatiou. It is mani-festly against the fitness of things that theeyes of all mankind should be strained, weak-ened, permanently injured in childhood, withthe unnatural tasks which are imposed uponthe delicate organ. It would seem to be morein accordance with the nature and capacitiesof man, and the general character of the ex-ternal world, to reserve the eye for the dis-cernment and appreciation of beauty, and toimpose upon the ear the tedious and hard tasksof education. The Phonograph makes it pos-sible to read by the ear instead of by the eye,and it is not beyond the range of probabilitythat the book of the future, near or remote,will be written in phonographic plates and. THOMAS A. EDISON. made to reveal its story directly to the wait-ing ear, rather than through the secondarymedium of print to the enfeebled and tiredeye of the reader. But perhaps the most marked and valuableinvention of the current age—the best cal-culated to affect favorably tlie welfare of thepeople, especially in great cities—is that ofthe Electric Light. The introduction ofthis superior system of illumination marks anepoch more interesting and important in thehistory of our country than any political con-flict or mere change of rulers. About thebeginning of the eighth decade of the century 212 UMVEUSAL HISTORY.—THE MODERN WORLD. the project of introducing the electric light forgeneral purposes of illuniiuation began to beagitated. It
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