This extraordinary metal, the soul of every manufacture, and the mainspring perhaps of civilised society. Of iron.
Samuel Smiles (2010). “Men of Invention and Industry”, p.87, BoD – Books on Demand
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This extraordinary metal, the soul of every manufacture, and the mainspring perhaps of civilised society. Of iron.