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... I fear , prevent me from rendering the Institution all the services which may be expected of a President , but a sense of duty and gratitude induce me to accept the office until a fitter person can be selected .
... I fear , prevent me from rendering the Institution all the services which may be expected of a President , but a sense of duty and gratitude induce me to accept the office until a fitter person can be selected .
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This altho ' forbidding to a young person who believes it possible to find a short and hasty path to distinction , has been shewn to be otherwise , by the two examples which have of late been most successful - one of whom lives on ...
This altho ' forbidding to a young person who believes it possible to find a short and hasty path to distinction , has been shewn to be otherwise , by the two examples which have of late been most successful - one of whom lives on ...
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... any remarks on the general lineaments of Mr. Telford's character and disposition , respecting which your long and familiar intercourse with him entitles you to speak more confidently , and authoritatively than any other person .
... any remarks on the general lineaments of Mr. Telford's character and disposition , respecting which your long and familiar intercourse with him entitles you to speak more confidently , and authoritatively than any other person .
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Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
Edinburgh at the beginning of the Twentieth Century I | 8 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
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| Title | The Story of Telford: The Rise of Civil Engineering |
| Author | Sir Alexander Gibb |
| Publisher | A. Maclehose & Company, 1935 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Jan 2006 |
| Length | 357 pages |
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