In the mean time do all you can to cure him of Bashfullness which will ruin him in this impudent age; but beware he be not led into the opposite vice of self conceit or arrogance which is 1000 times worse.
Steam engine improvements
From a letter to May Campbell, offering advice on raising a child
1781
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"I have made an engine that shall not waste a single particle of steam."
Strange & Unusual"I can think of nothing else than this machine."
Controversial"My great success in life has been owing to my having paid attention to every detail."
Philosophical"Every inefficiency in machinery is an insult to the engineer."
Strange & Unusual"When once the idea of the separate condensation was started, all these improvements followed as corollaries in quick succession, so that in the course of one or two days the invention was thus far com…"
Philosophical