CHAPTER XV.

THE POWER OF THE TRAINED HAND.

The Legend of Adam and the Stick with which he subdued the Animals. -- The Stick is the Symbol of Power, and only the Hand can wield it. -- The Hand imprisons Steam and Electricity, and keeps them at hard Labor. -- The Destitution of England Two Hundred and Fifty Years ago: a Pen Picture. -- The Transformation wrought by the Hand: a Pen Picture. -- It is due, not to Men who make Laws, but to Men who make Things. -- The Scientist and the Inventor are the World’s Benefactors. -- A Parallel between the Right Honorable William E. Gladstone and Sir Henry Bessemer. -- Mr. Gladstone a Man of Ideas, Mr. Bessemer a Man of Deeds. -- The Value of the latter’s Inventions. -- Mr. Gladstone represents the Old Education, Mr. Bessemer the New. 157