Strange, 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).
“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.”
> 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.
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Readable: http://whenwillapple.com/thoughts-on-horses/
Finishing move: http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/
Strange, 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...
Ford’s My Life and Work for Kindle is free: http://www.amazon.com/My-Life-and-Work-ebook/dp/B000JQUSUW
Good find - thanks!
Thank you, this may work better: 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 ...
“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.”
Where's page 2?
The 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.