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...Gracious circumstances are given by God alone, but it is due to human activity and exertion that the growth of the body in material prosperity and of the soul in moral strength is made possible. Neither goodness nor wealth are of spontaneous development. With honorable success comes an honorable end. The change takes place unconsciously; we feel only the warfare; but at the end we know that God has been with us. We then realize the full meaning of the thoughts that passed through the mind of Jacob as he stood on the bank of the Jordan. The choir sang...
...steel. Steel is better than iron because equal strength can be gained with less weight and bulk and greater durability. It seems probable that steel will be the best material for building bridges in the future. The simplest form of a bridge is a beam supported at the ends. This form is suitable only for very short spans, for the load is transverse and the beam tends to break in the middle of its own weight. Strength is obtained by bracing together two or more systems of trusses. These trusses are made of beams bolted together in triangles, so that...
After the acceptance of the treasurer's report, the president made a few remarks, in which he stated that there was at present no good reason to suppose that a small dividend would not be paid at the end of the year, although it might seem to the management best to increase with this money the present small capital of the society...
...Bailey, Balch, Bohlen, Brock, Bruce, Cunning-ham, Curtis, Fowler, W. W. Gale, Harlow, Harvey, Hay, Henderson, Horton, Kimball, Latham, Leahy, LeRoy, Payson, Robinson, Ropes, Sampson, Sanford, D. L. Smith, Ulrich, Woodworth. If these men would only be energetic for fifteen minutes a piece, it would put an end to all this bother...
...Bailey, Balch, Bohlen, Brock, Bruce, Cunning-ham, Curtis, Fowler, W. W. Gale, Harlow, Harvey, Hay, Henderson, Horton, Kimball, Latham, Leahy, LeRoy, Payson, Robinson, Ropes, Sampson, Sanford, D. L. Smith, Ulrich, Woodworth. If these men would only be energetic for fifteen minutes a piece, it would put an end to all this bother...