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" The day will come when some more powerful man will get fame and riches from my invention, but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch can do anything worthy of attention. "
Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century: Great Deeds of Men and Nations and ... - Page 186
edited by - 1896 - 320 pages
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Historic Tales of Olden Time: Concerning the Early Settlement and Progress ...

John Fanning Watson - Pennsylvania - 1833 - 336 pages
...ever. In one of his journals, there is this touching and prophetic sentiment — " the day will come when some more powerful man will get fame and riches...but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch can do any thing worthy of attention !" I do not know that I have his precise words, but the sentiment is...
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Statistics of the West: At the Close of the Year 1836

James Hall - History - 1836 - 306 pages
...accomplish ! And how touching is the sentiment found in one of his journals: — "the day will come when some more powerful man, will get fame and riches...but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch can do any thing worthy of attention." In less than thirty years after his death, his predictions were verified....
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Notes on the Western States: Containing Descriptive Sketches of Their Soil ...

James Hall - Mississippi River Valley - 1838 - 328 pages
...accomplish ! And how touching is the sentiment found in one of his journals : — " the day will come when some more powerful man, will get fame and riches...but nobody will believe that poor John fitch can do any thing worthy of attention." In less than thirty years after his death, his predictions were verified....
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The Monthly review. New and improved ser. New and improved ser, Volume 1

1839 - 648 pages
...accomplish! And how touching is the sentiment found in one of his journals :—' the day will come when some more powerful man will get fame and riches...poor John Fitch can do anything worthy of attention.' " ART. XXIV 7 .—Progressive Education. 2 vols. 12mo. London : .Longman. 1839. AN excellent translation...
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Memoirs of the Most Eminent American Mechanics: Also, Lives of Distinguished ...

Henry Howe - Industrial arts - 1840 - 492 pages
...to accomplish ! — and how touching is the sentiment found in his journal : — ' The day will come when some more powerful man will get fame and riches...but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch can do any thing worthy of attention !'" BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. Birth. — Intended for the...
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Memoirs of the Most Eminent American Mechanics: Also, Lives of Distinguished ...

Henry Howe - Industrial arts - 1842 - 516 pages
...to accomplish ! — and how touching is the sentiment found in his journal : — ' The day will come when some more powerful man will get fame and riches...invention, but nobody will believe that poor John Filch can do any thing worthy of attention .'' " BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. Birth. — Intended...
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A Descriptive and Historical Account of Hydraulic and Other Machines for ...

Thomas Ewbank - Hydraulics - 1842 - 638 pages
...favorable times. " The day will come [he observes] when some more powerful man will get fame anJ riches by my invention, but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch can do any thing worthy of attention." He declared that within a century the western rivers would swarm with...
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A Descriptive and Historical Account of Hydraulic and Other Machines for ...

Thomas Ewbank - Hydraulic machinery - 1842 - 608 pages
...favorable times. " The day will come [he observes] when some more powerful man will get fame and riches by my invention, but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch can do any thing worthy of attention." He declared that within a century the western rivers would swarm with...
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Historical Collections of Virginia: Containing a Collection of the Most ...

Henry Howe - Virginia - 1845 - 562 pages
...steam-engine sooth his spirit-" How melancholy is the sentiment found in his journal : " The day will come when some more powerful man will get fame and riches...but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch can do any thing worthy of attention." As early aa 1783, both Rumsey and Fitch had exhibited models to Gen....
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Historical Collections of Virginia: Containing a Collection of the Most ...

Henry Howe - Virginia - 1845 - 596 pages
...steam-engine sooth his spirit." How melancholy is the sentiment found in his journal : " The day will come when some more powerful man will get fame and riches from my invention ; but nobody wfll believe that poor John Fitch can do any thing worthy of attention." As early as 1763, both Rumsey...
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