was the first person knighted by the Prince Regent, afterwards King George IV., and was a few years after raised to the baronetage. Such honours served to mark the estimation in which he was held by those who had it in their power to confer them; but Davy's enduring distinctions, like those of the unequalled Newton, are derived from the increase of power over nature, which he has secured for millions yet unborn, by the force of his genius, girt up, tirelessly by Perseverance, till its grand triumphs were won.

From this hasty survey of the magnificent course of one of the great penetrators into the secrets of nature, and preservers of human life, let us cast a glance on the struggles of one who has been the means of multyplying man's hands and fingers, to use a strong figure, of opening up sources of employment for millions, and of showing the road to wealth for thousands.

Sir Richard Arkwright

was a poor barber till the age of thirty, and then changed his trade for that of an itinerant

was the first person knighted by the Prince Regent, afterwards King George IV., and was a few years after raised to the baronetage. Such honours served to mark the estimation in which he was held by those who had it in their power to confer them; but Davy's enduring distinctions, like those of the unequalled Newton, are derived from the increase of power over nature, which he has secured for millions yet unborn, by the force of his genius, girt up, tirelessly by Perseverance, till its grand triumphs were won.

From this hasty survey of the magnificent course of one of the great penetrators into the secrets of nature, and preservers of human life, let us cast a glance on the struggles of one who has been the means of multyplying man's hands and fingers, to use a strong figure, of opening up sources of employment for millions, and of showing the road to wealth for thousands.

Sir Richard Arkwright

was a poor barber till the age of thirty, and then changed his trade for that of an itinerant