The closing sentencea were as follows "The author does. however. feel most strongly that conditions in China are peculiar, that special aptitudes are necessary for technical work there, and that the engineer in that country has unusual obligatiof®. In an equal contest of wits it may be perfectly legitimate to get the Best of it if one can, In seeking technical advice, Chinese clients or employers place themselves so completely in the hands of the engineer that it would scarcely be sportsman to take advantage of their ignorance. The modern world is so much the creation of engineers that they have at once 'a right to a voice in its conduct and a responsi ly for the safe working of the devices they have thrust upon it."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.