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The Biggest Shovel and the Race of Man
A 1914 Star Company article celebrates a Panama Canal shovel that lifts thirty thousand pounds per bite and frames human progress as conquering the globe. It argues machines empower freedom from physical toil, cites Buckle on unlimited human power, urges reading History of Civilization, and promotes buying the four volume set at reduced price.
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Panama
Oceans
United States
Culebra
Earth
England
Buckie
Europe
Buckle
Panama Canal
Lakes
Chicago
Lake Citizes
Gulf OF Mexico
International Library
Newa York City