Strange, a whole passage about how he developed several steam tractors has been cut out between the left and right column (the non-sequitur is pretty obvious).
“That is the way with wise people – they are so wise and practical that they always know to a dot just why something cannot be done; they always know the limitations.”
> All the wise people demonstrated conclusively that the engine could not compete with steam. They never thought that it might carve out a career for itself. That is the way with wise people - they are so wise and practical that they always know to a dot just why something cannot be done; they always know the limitations.
