A person of gentle breeding [1856-1874]. The bridge at Finstermunz -- Brookdale farm-- Foot soldier -- "Thee only do I want" -- Germantown days -- Rite of passage -- The crystal palace, again -- A stage, a battlefield -- "We welcome your return" -- The great triumvirate -- The wisest course -- Iron, fire, sand, and smoke [1874-1879]. Material world -- "An employment of some other kind" -- Pouring day -- Biography of an unknown man -- Centennial -- The master tools -- The education of an apprentice -- Connections -- The creation [1879-1886]. An interesting and capricious material -- Fighting blood -- Cutting edge -- Special arrangements-- Young America -- The leaning tower of Midvale -- A Faustian bargain -- Eden reclaimed -- A mechanical heaven -- A widening world [1886-1900]. The sign of the dollar -- New faces -- Boomtown on the Kennebec -- On the road -- "A partial solution" -- On the road, again -- "Finish excellent, chips blue" -- Uncommon labor -- A science of work? -- Afterthought -- House on the hill [1900-1910]. At the Bois de Vincennes -- The riddle of the Sphinx -- Explosion in Savannah -- The new order -- President and Dr. Taylor -- "I am going to point a way" -- A mere nothing? -- Behold the sower -- A stillness -- Judgment day [1910-1915]. A million dollars a day -- Storm clouds -- Thunderclap -- The special committee -- Report from the end of the century. The great diffusion -- Mr. progressive -- The fifteen unnecessary motions of a kiss -- The stopwatch and the jackboot -- Lost paradise -- A bargain reconsidered -- Death and life.