Ideals of the engineer

IN receiving this great honor, I do so with feelings of deep gratitude and not without a sense of humility, for I realize that the brain of the individual has its limits as a storehouse, and that with knowledge continually increasing, any one mind can take in only a small portion of the rapidly accumulating body of engineering information. In these days, intellectual specialization is absolutely necessary, and whatever I have been able to accomplish is the result of specialization and the cooperation of many individuals.