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Thoughts on Horses
- lionhearted 16y agoThe last two sentences were the best part: > 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.
- Luc 16y agoStrange, 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). Full text here, starting just under middle of p.25: http://books.google.be/books?id=DeYw_wMlwqoC&lpg=PA26&ots=6k1yc5g7un&hl=en&pg=PA25#v=twopage&q&f=false http://books.google.be/books?id=DeYw_wMlwqoC&lpg=PA26...
- ableal 16y agoThank you, this may work better: http://books.google.com/books?id=DeYw_wMlwqoC http://books.google.com/books?id=DeYw_wMlwqoC (page 25, etc.) (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 ...
- anthonyb 16y agoGood find - thanks!
- sumeeta 16y agoFord’s My Life and Work for Kindle is free: http://www.amazon.com/My-Life-and-Work-ebook/dp/B000JQUSUW http://www.amazon.com/My-Life-and-Work-ebook/dp/B000JQUSUW
- jasondavies 16y ago“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.”
- tuacker 16y agoReadable: http://whenwillapple.com/thoughts-on-horses/ http://whenwillapple.com/thoughts-on-horses/
- gamache 16y agoFinishing move: http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/ http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/
- perplexes 16y agoWhere's page 2?