Coal in truth stands not beside, but entirely above, all other commodities. It is the material source of the energy of the country—the universal aid—… - William Stanley Jevons

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Coal in truth stands not beside, but entirely above, all other commodities. It is the material source of the energy of the country—the universal aid—the factor in everything we do. With coal almost any feat is possible or easy; without it we are thrown back into the laborious poverty of earlier times.