The Joys Of Fishing Are Not Confined

Let Us Not Forget That The Value Of This Great System Does Not Lie Primarily In Its Extent Or Even In Its Efficiency. Its Worth Depends On The Use That Is Made Of It... For The First Time In Human History We Have Available To Us The Ability To Communicate Simultaneously With Millions Of Our Fellowmen, To Furnish Entertainment, Instruction, Widening Vision Of National Problems And National Events. An Obligation Rests On Us To See That It Is Devoted To Real Service And To Develop The Material That Is Transmitted Into That Which Is Really Worthwhile.

There Are Only Two Occasions When Americans Respect Privacy, Especially In Presidents. Those Are Prayer And Fishing.

The Priceless Treasure Of Boyhood Is His Endless Enthusiasm, His High Store Of Idealism, His Affections And His Hopes. When We Preserve These, We Have Made Men. We Have Made Citizens And We Have Made Americans.

The More One Observes, The More Clearly Does He See That It Is In The Soil Of Pure Science That Are Found The Origins Of All Our Modern Industry And Commerce. In Fact,our Civilization Is Wholly Built Upon Our Scientific Discoveries.

Engineering Is A Great Profession. There Is The Satisfaction Of Watching A Figment Of The Imagination Emerge Through The Aid Of Science To A Plan On Paper. Then It Moves To Realization In Stone Or Metal Or Energy. Then It Brings Homes To Men Or Women. Then It Elevates The Standard Of Living And Adds To The Comforts Of Life. This Is The Engineer's High Privilege.