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I think everybody now agrees that Eads was right, and that the scheme would have been perfectly successful, and would have continued to perform all that was desired of it, if his counsel had been taken.
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Hoar reflects on the importance of following expert advice in engineering projects, specifically regarding the jetties at the Mississippi River.
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He proceeded to attack, to promote his own ambitions, the fair name and fame of the Commonwealth itself.
One of the virtues of General Sheridan was that he knew when to act without orders.
As it is, the jetties have been of great value and well worth their cost.
I am afraid they have of late yielded for a time to one strong temptation and missed an opportunity for still greater glory, that never will come back.
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