Structural Engineering: Stresses, Graphical Statics and Masonry

Excerpt from Structural Engineering: Stresses, Graphical Statics and MasonryChoose a sensible man to a responsible place rather than a man versed in the particular art which is to be taught (or practiced), inasmuch as a method of acquiring truth is better than the truth it has already ascertained. Let your discipline liberalize the mind of a boy rather than teach him science facts), that he may have means, more than results.The Indian will give his bow for the knife with which it was made.From Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Vol 2, p. 67. Written in 1825 at the age of 21 (slightly amended by parentheses and italics).Books once were men. Men put themselves into books as they write them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.