Excerpt from Heaven This is declared to be a practical age. Those who oftenest make the declaration, put the pres ent in contrast With former days. Their point is, that the men of our day care little for specu lation upon any truth not directly and imme diately related to action. It is no longer a ques tion of the origin of ideas, but of the use Which can be made of them. How many spindles Will an idea turn? How many pounds pressure to the inch will it sustain? How much time Will it save? How much profit Will it pay? These ...
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Excerpt from Heaven This is declared to be a practical age. Those who oftenest make the declaration, put the pres ent in contrast With former days. Their point is, that the men of our day care little for specu lation upon any truth not directly and imme diately related to action. It is no longer a ques tion of the origin of ideas, but of the use Which can be made of them. How many spindles Will an idea turn? How many pounds pressure to the inch will it sustain? How much time Will it save? How much profit Will it pay? These are the questions of the present day; and these questions are designated practical. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This 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.
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