Part 8 (1/2)

Be Practical

The toughened idealist may not look or act like an idealist, but in reality his idealism is one of the practically-wise construction He allows his memory to hold all that is helpful of the past, both of the blunders or successes

The dreahened by experience is one who lets his rational brain have control He ranks next to the stalwart knight of the eraser, because he has the courage to arrest the endless tinkering of design in order to get so done He will not let the farand scheic

A lance at the machinery in use in the world will show that the work has been done by is out the innus

If we see a machine that seems perfect, it is perfectly safe to set it down in black and white that we do not fully comprehend it

It is safe to say that the only perfect machine is the new model that is to be tried very soon

With these facts in o ahead with an ihts will not stay in the ner They are crowded out by the flood of ideas for still further betterh rank to the o ahead and build, even when he realized the faults of a design

Perhaps one of the aids to this action is the knowledge that the apparent opportunity to ie is only a change, and is no bettere of the great array of failures of such ”improvements” is wholesome and helpful to bear in mind

The Inventor Sees Opportunities to Ireat need and opportunity to ibut enlarged editions of the early and se of size there should be a change of design He knows that although a granite rock weighing a few tons will not be kept suspended in air by a heavy wind, a small part of the same rock will be carried away by a breeze, and ht current of air He knows that the sreater superficial area in proportion to its weight He sees on every hand that a change of din

He also sees the opportunity to effect a great saving by building the large machine for its special service, and not on the exact lines of the se less than unreasonableness to the inventor, for like otherthe fact that no two beings have exactly the saht

Another inventor sees a chance to make further improvees He feels that the mechanical success of his previous work should be a sufficient guarantee of the econoe of the last proposed plan

If an attees is absolutely necessary fro does not get the saer To hireat advance of the new scheme fully warrants the temporary expense

Improvely e in construction or operation may be disasterous financially

This ly so Experience shows it to be the true view

If it is true, then the e of e business experience cannot be purchased, and his success should not be contingent on the business ability of another He should kno a ned, and should not depend too heavily on the views of the business e of the technical problem

Perhaps some of you may feel that there are many other problems to be encountered before you will meet these which I have set forth

But we should reme tiht, and under ideal working conditions it brings thehtyou will not be weakened in enthusiasainst soreat field for earnest workers, and it is easy to beco on the lines set forth

Natural Fitness

One of the first questions that arises in the n is, what constitutes natural fitness for it There seems to be no positive basis on which to determine in advance a natural fitness for this work, but there are certain temperamental characteristics that undoubtedly have much to do with the success

The teht along a given line, as well as one that will by nature take an intense interest in the subject