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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Legatt_Chantrey" class="extiw" title="w:Francis Legatt Chantrey">Francis Legatt Chantrey</a>'s statue of James Watt, the Scottish inventor
The inscription on the plaque reads:
- NOT TO PERPETUATE A NAME,
- WHICH MUST ENDURE WHILE THE PEACEFUL ARTS FLOURISH,
- BUT TO SHOW
- THAT MANKIND HAVE LEARNED TO HONOUR THOSE
- WHO BEST DESERVE THEIR GRATITUDE,
- THE KING,
- HIS MINISTERS, AND MANY OF THE NOBLES
- AND COMMONERS OF THE REALM
- RAISED THIS MONUMENT TO
- JAMES WATT
- WHO DIRECTING THE FORCE OF AN ORIGINAL GENIUS
- EARLY EXERCISED IN PHILOSOPHIC RESEARCH
- TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF
- THE STEAM-ENGINE
- ENLARGED THE RESOURCES OF HIS COUNTRY
- INCREASED THE POWER OF MAN
- AND ROSE TO AN EMINENT PLACE
- AMONG THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS FOLLOWERS OF SCIENCE
- AND THE REAL BENEFACTORS OF THE WORLD
- BORN AT GREENOCK MDCCXXXVI
- DIED AT HEATHFIELD IN STAFFORDSHIRE MDCCCXIX
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| current | 13:41, 6 January 2017 | | 1,748 × 1,188 (657 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Legatt_Chantrey" class="extiw" title="w:Francis Legatt Chantrey">Francis Legatt Chantrey</a>'s statue of James Watt, the Scottish inventor<br> The inscription on the plaque reads: </p> <dl> <dd>NOT TO PERPETUATE A NAME,</dd> <dd>WHICH MUST ENDURE WHILE THE PEACEFUL ARTS FLOURISH,</dd> <dd>BUT TO SHOW</dd> <dd>THAT MANKIND HAVE LEARNED TO HONOUR THOSE</dd> <dd>WHO BEST DESERVE THEIR GRATITUDE,</dd> <dd>THE KING,</dd> <dd>HIS MINISTERS, AND MANY OF THE NOBLES</dd> <dd>AND COMMONERS OF THE REALM </dd> <dd>RAISED THIS MONUMENT TO</dd> </dl> <dl><dd>JAMES WATT</dd></dl> <dl> <dd>WHO DIRECTING THE FORCE OF AN ORIGINAL GENIUS</dd> <dd>EARLY EXERCISED IN PHILOSOPHIC RESEARCH</dd> <dd>TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF</dd> <dd>THE STEAM-ENGINE</dd> <dd>ENLARGED THE RESOURCES OF HIS COUNTRY</dd> <dd>INCREASED THE POWER OF MAN</dd> <dd>AND ROSE TO AN EMINENT PLACE</dd> <dd>AMONG THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS FOLLOWERS OF SCIENCE</dd> <dd>AND THE REAL BENEFACTORS OF THE WORLD</dd> <dd>BORN AT GREENOCK MDCCXXXVI</dd> <dd>DIED AT HEATHFIELD IN STAFFORDSHIRE MDCCCXIX</dd> </dl> |
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