Item Information
Title
Letter to William Clark: 5 October 1872, page 2
Subject
Sanitary Engineering, Clark, William (1821-1880), India
Creator
Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910)
Date
5 October 1872
Rights
https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en
Language
English
Type
Text - scan of original letter
Identifier
https://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/exhibits/show/nightingale/
Text
really anything to object –
or should venture to object –
to the practical Engineering
discoveries, we may call them,
of your great experience &
ability, that I now write.
It is only that I should say
that no one principle will
be applicable in all cases,
but that the true function
of the Engineer – as who
has successfully proved
more than you? – is to
examine minutely his problem
& to apply his principles so as
to obtain the required results
at the smallest outlay.
or should venture to object –
to the practical Engineering
discoveries, we may call them,
of your great experience &
ability, that I now write.
It is only that I should say
that no one principle will
be applicable in all cases,
but that the true function
of the Engineer – as who
has successfully proved
more than you? – is to
examine minutely his problem
& to apply his principles so as
to obtain the required results
at the smallest outlay.
Original Format
Scan of original letter