A survey of the last century reveals it as an age of some great men and many marvelous achievements. As the achievements exceed the giants of the age in number, so too they surpass them in grandeur. All the reatless activity of a Napoleon or the iron policy of a Bismarck have not wrought upon modern life as did the steam engine. The great inventions and their adaptation to the needs of humanity are the real glories of the Nineteenth Century. Thus new epochs in the development of man have been brought about by our modern modes of transit and transportation... Human life, as it exits now among civilized communities, owes stil more, perhaps, to our new labor saving machines and devices... It is the pride of Americans that their hemisphere has contributed its share, and over to the sum-total accomplished by the world... Keywords: A History of the nineteenth century year by year, Edwin Emerson, Last Century, iron policy, Bismark, great inventions, Nineteeth Century, transportation, Human Life, Americans,

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