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" The Exhibition of 1851 is to give us a true test and a living picture of the point of development at which the whole of mankind has arrived in this great task, and a new starting point from which all nations will be able to direct their further exertions. "
The Quarterly Journal of Science - Page 494
1867
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Consuming Angels: Advertising and Victorian Women

Lori Anne Loeb - 1994 - 237 pages
...industrial accomplishment. The Great Exhibition had achieved its goal: "to present a true test and living picture of the point of development at which the whole of mankind has arrived . . . and a new starting point, from which all nations will be able to direct their further...
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Mortgaging the Earth: The World Bank, Environmental Impoverishment, and the ...

Bruce Rich - 1994 - 396 pages
...to all branches of science, industry and art. . . . Gentlemen, the Exhibition of 1851 is to give us a living picture of the point of development at which the whole of mankind has arrived in this great task, and a new starting-point from which all nations will be able to direct...
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English Local Prisons, 1860-1900: Next Only to Death

Seán McConville - 1995 - 838 pages
...of Health in 1 848. 18 The Prince Consort hoped that the Exhibition would "present a true test and living picture of the point of development at which the whole of mankind has arrived in this great task, and a new starting-point, from which all nations will be able 10 direct...
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The Inglorious Arts of Peace: Exhibitions in Canadian Society During the ...

Elsbeth Heaman - 1999 - 446 pages
...speech owed much to one given by Prince Albert earlier that year which heralded the coming gathering as 'a true test and a living picture of the point of development at which the whole of mankind has arrived in this great task, and a new starting point from which all nations will be able to direct...
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The Making of the Victorian Organ

Nicholas Thistlethwaite - 1999 - 616 pages
...her competitors to bring their wares to Joseph Paxton's Palace of Industry in Hyde Park, 'to present a true test and a living picture of the point of development at which the whole of mankind has arrived . . . and [to provide] a new starting point, from which all nations will be able to direct...
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Victorian Prose: An Anthology

Rosemary J. Mundhenk, LuAnn McCracken Fletcher - 1999 - 502 pages
...to our productions forms in accordance to them. Gentlemen — the Exhibition of 1 8 ji is to give us a true test and a living picture of the point of development at which the whole of mankind has arrived in this great task, and a new starting-point from which all nations will be able to direct...
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Anthropology and Archaeology: A Changing Relationship

Chris Gosden - 1999 - 250 pages
...that if the role of humanity was to conquer nature to their use then the purpose of the Exhibition was to give a 'true test and a living picture of the point at which the whole of mankind had arrived in this great task, and a new starting point from which all...
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Architecture of Instruction and Delight: A Socio-historical Analysis of ...

Pieter van Wesemael - 2001 - 856 pages
...productions forms in accordance with them. Gentlemen. -The Exhibition of 1851 is to give us a true test and living picture of the point of development at which the whole of mankind has arrived in this great task, and a new starting point from which all nations will be able to direct...
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Britain, 1750-1900: Industry, Trade and Politics. Higher ability pack

Chris Andrews - 2002 - 68 pages
...the Prince to win support o was a riutfP, Source A Crystal Pal Gentlemen - the Exhibition of 1 851 is to give a true test, and a living picture, of the point of development at which the whole of mankind has now arrived, and a new starting point from which all nations will be able to direct their further...
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The Making of English National Identity

Krishan Kumar - 2003 - 390 pages
...history points - the realisation of the unity of mankind. . . The Exhibition of I85I is to give us a true test and a living picture of the point of development at which the whole of mankind has arrived in this great task, and a new starting-point from which all nations will be able to direct...
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