. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . man ; he invented lightning-rods, and was the first advocate of electrocu-tion for killing animals instantly andwithout pain ; he thought out phonog-raphy and shorthand; improved car-riage wheels, wind-mills, and water-wheels ; he revolutionized the coveringof roofs; he invented sidewalks andcrossing-stones,— at least for Philadel-phia,— and showed that streets could beswept and kept clean. He founded thefirst philosophical society in America,the first improvement club, the first freeschools o
. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . man ; he invented lightning-rods, and was the first advocate of electrocu-tion for killing animals instantly andwithout pain ; he thought out phonog-raphy and shorthand; improved car-riage wheels, wind-mills, and water-wheels ; he revolutionized the coveringof roofs; he invented sidewalks andcrossing-stones,— at least for Philadel-phia,— and showed that streets could beswept and kept clean. He founded thefirst philosophical society in America,the first improvement club, the first freeschools outside of New England, thefirst public library, the first fire com-pany, and the first periodical started the Philadelphia police forceand the first volunteer militia. He in-troduced the idea of humanity in war ;protected the Indians; founded the firstanti-slavery society ; and introduced into America, from Europe, seeds, vines,and vegetables new to the Western world. Thats a pretty good record of firstthings, is nt it ? I dont believe you can match it in the history of the #t^»^^ ra»g
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