Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-06-06

come electric lights and telephones and
street railways and interurban rail.
ways.--all. all the work of the cngi.
The engineering problems Of to-day.
And what opportunities await the
young men who are passing forth from
these portals.
| Nations hang upon the words of the
engineer today. Capital waits for his
approval. Labor is dependent upon the
success of his efforts. The engineer is
the Atlas of the modern world. The
battles of the future are tn I've fought
by the engineers: not battles in which
success Is to he gagged by standards
| and prisoners captured. or failure Ivy
deaths and wounds sustained: hut hat.
ties In which victory Is to he measured
| by achievement for the benefit of man
Kind: achievements to be commenced
amidst doubt of successful fruition and
accomplished amidst the plaudits of
| the nations. The engineers Will wear
| the uniforms of distinction of TN fu-
| lure. aud upon their breasts nations
| will pin their badges and their dccora
lions. The soldier destroys. the ongi-
nrcr creates. one takes human life:
| the other preserves it, One dpvclopps
sorrows and bercuvemcnts: the other
| joys and comforts.
The engineer il the greatest hero of
| the world. He H. the advance guard
of civilization. He has created uur
comforts and our luxurics. He has ere
aicd wealth and Is the founder of cap
tal. lie Is the bcncfactDr of labor
and the emancipation of the human
hand. lie II Is who has made the tear
| Of joy roll down the cheek of labor.
| AMI mingling with the tears of sor-
row. kiss away their pain.
Some years ago one of our magazines
made u canvass to determine who in
the estimation of the thinking people
of The world was the greatest living
man. Answers came from the hills of
New England and the plains of Kan.
sis. from the groves Of Italy and the
steppcs of Russia. from the nobility of
And the verdict was not 10 kings or
rmpcrurs. not to presidents or dIplo.
mats, not Ia poets or philosophers. hut
Ia I'M engineer. the modest wizard of
Mcnlo Park. Thomas \. Edison, the
man who. when the verdict of history
shall have been written. will perhaps
he given credit for greater benefits to
The human race than any other single
human being since the record of events
began.
The telegraph was nm experiment. he
invented duplex and uuadh uplcN tell.
graphy and made II IN industry: the
telephone WAS n toy: he Invented til,
micrOphnnc AMI made II u commercial
success: lr created the photograph AMI
embalmcd the human voice: he invent. |
night ~ the day. Touch the electrical
mr.; where you will. there you will lind
impetus given to u tagging industry
by the timely entry of the man who
seems tn he endowed with the ability
to transform the dreams of science
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There are steam railroads to he trans
formed Into electric railways when the
engineer has arrived who can solve |
the peculiar problems involved: there
are 'nS' ara p''ihS To u" converted
INTO ''r'i'e h''us Wh'h the great en-
g'heer arrives tiief" are ores hoh'pny'
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ing Tor III" arrival OF the rIgh' man:
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III w" enr'h waiting Tor ,he engineer
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