English and Engineering: A Volume of Essays for English Classes in Engineering SchoolsFrank Aydelotte McGraw-Hill book Company, Incorporated, 1923 - 415 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة xvii
... never see the relation between en- gineering and literature until he has some idea of what he means by engineering , until he makes up his mind for himself whether he is learning a trade or a profession , and until he forms for himself ...
... never see the relation between en- gineering and literature until he has some idea of what he means by engineering , until he makes up his mind for himself whether he is learning a trade or a profession , and until he forms for himself ...
الصفحة xviii
... Here it is that the instructor will find material for oral and written composition , in which the student's read- ing will furnish stimulus and suggestion but not the rule or limit for his thought . Themes should never xviii INTRODUCTION.
... Here it is that the instructor will find material for oral and written composition , in which the student's read- ing will furnish stimulus and suggestion but not the rule or limit for his thought . Themes should never xviii INTRODUCTION.
الصفحة xix
... never lose an opportunity to help his stu- dents in the attainment of correctness in language , and at the same time he will never fail to make clear to them that the sole justification of care in language is the adequate expression of ...
... never lose an opportunity to help his stu- dents in the attainment of correctness in language , and at the same time he will never fail to make clear to them that the sole justification of care in language is the adequate expression of ...
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... never bother my head about good style . All I ask for is good matter . And when I have got it , critics may say what they like about the book . " And many other similar remarks , all show- ing that in the minds of the speakers there ...
... never bother my head about good style . All I ask for is good matter . And when I have got it , critics may say what they like about the book . " And many other similar remarks , all show- ing that in the minds of the speakers there ...
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... never had any difficulty in saying what you thought , though you may occasionally have had some difficulty in keeping it to yourself . And when you can- not express yourself , depend upon it that you have nothing precise to express ...
... never had any difficulty in saying what you thought , though you may occasionally have had some difficulty in keeping it to yourself . And when you can- not express yourself , depend upon it that you have nothing precise to express ...
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الصفحة 19 - Why, look you now, how unworthy a thing you make of me. You would play upon me; you would seem to know my stops; you would pluck out the heart of my mystery; you...
الصفحة 285 - There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance ; that imitation is suicide ; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion ; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till.
الصفحة 112 - Council for Professional Development, the recognized accrediting body of the engineering profession, composed of representatives of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, the...
الصفحة 167 - As when in heaven the stars about the moon Look beautiful, when all the winds are laid, And every height comes out, and jutting peak And valley, and the immeasurable heavens Break open to their highest, and all the stars Shine, and the Shepherd gladdens in his heart...
الصفحة 297 - I will not hide my tastes or aversions. I will so trust that what is deep is holy, that I will do strongly before the sun and moon whatever inly rejoices me, and the heart appoints. If you are noble, I will love you; if you are not, I will not hurt you and myself by hypocritical attentions. If you are true, but not in the same truth with me, cleave to your companions; I will seek my own.
الصفحة 361 - To sum up the whole: we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god. The aim of the Baconian philosophy was to provide man with what he requires while he continues to be man. The aim of the Platonic philosophy was to raise us far above vulgar wants. The aim of the Baconian philosophy was to supply our vulgar wants. The former aim was noble : but the latter was attainable.
الصفحة 229 - The first is, that neither the discipline nor the subject-matter of classical education is of such direct value to the student of physical science as to justify the expenditure of valuable time upon either; and the second is, that for the purpose of attaining real culture, an exclusively scientific education is at least as effectual as an exclusively literary education.
الصفحة 390 - ... and of the resolved arbitration of the destinies, that conclude into precision of doom what we feebly and blindly began; and force us, when our indiscretion serves us, and our deepest plots do pall, to the confession, that "there's a divinity that shapes our ends, rough hew them how we will.
الصفحة 292 - Thoughtless people contradict as readily the statement of perceptions as of opinions, or rather much more readily; for they do not distinguish between perception and notion. They fancy that I choose to see this or that thing. But perception is not whimsical, but fatal.
الصفحة 106 - Society for the general advancement of Mechanical Science, and more particularly for promoting the acquisition of that species of knowledge which constitutes the profession of a Civil Engineer...