Excerpt from John A. Roebling: An Account of the Ceremonies at the Unveiling of a Monument to His Memory While many monuments have been erected in honor of those who have achieved distinction in statecraft, who have led victorious armies upon hard fought battlefields, or who by the exercise of exceptional literary gifts have appealed to world wide sympathies and affections, the sculptor's art has been seldom employed to commemorate the virtues of men whose lives were spent in scientific and industrial pursuits. It has ...
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Excerpt from John A. Roebling: An Account of the Ceremonies at the Unveiling of a Monument to His Memory While many monuments have been erected in honor of those who have achieved distinction in statecraft, who have led victorious armies upon hard fought battlefields, or who by the exercise of exceptional literary gifts have appealed to world wide sympathies and affections, the sculptor's art has been seldom employed to commemorate the virtues of men whose lives were spent in scientific and industrial pursuits. It has been said that a great engineer dealing with mate rial things, and bending them to his will, leaves behind him monuments in the Works built upon his designs. This is true, but while an imposing structure may give evidence of the genius of the builder, it suggests but little of the man himself, and it is therefore proper that those who deem him worthy, should give expression in material form to the esteem in which they hold his memory. 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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