Excerpt from Engineering as a Career: A Series of Papers by Eminent EngineersBut the outlay of cash and time represents only a small part of the concern of the general public in this matter of engineering education. If the right man gets into the right place his value to a community will be measured not merely by tens of thousands of dollars, but by achievements which rise beyond a money valuation. On the other hand, if attempts at securing an engineering education are misdirected, or the young man is not suited by temperament or other qualities for this work, then the loss to the community may be correspondingly great in depriving it of the services of a man who might be highly proficient in some other line.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.