“That is the way with wise people – they are so wise and practical that they always know to a dot just why something cannot be done; they always know the limitations.”
> All the wise people demonstrated conclusively that the engine could not compete with steam. They never thought that it might carve out a career for itself. That is the way with wise people - they are so wise and practical that they always know to a dot just why something cannot be done; they always know the limitations.
Strange, a whole passage about how he developed several steam tractors has been cut out between the left and right column (the non-sequitur is pretty obvious).
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[ 4.8 ms ] story [ 37.8 ms ] thread> All the wise people demonstrated conclusively that the engine could not compete with steam. They never thought that it might carve out a career for itself. That is the way with wise people - they are so wise and practical that they always know to a dot just why something cannot be done; they always know the limitations.
Full text here, starting just under middle of p.25: http://books.google.be/books?id=DeYw_wMlwqoC&lpg=PA26...
(for some reason, my use of your link only gets something about limits.)
The bit about Ford making watches but not going into it is curious - two dial ones, to boot ...