In the mean time do all you can to cure him of Bashfullness which will ruin him in this impudent age; but beware he be not led into the opposite vice of self conceit or arrogance which is 1000 times worse.
Steam engine improvements
From a letter to May Campbell, offering advice on raising a child
1781
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"one of the most ingenious, simple pieces of mechanism I have contrived."
Philosophical"The people in London are all steam engine mad."
Controversial"About 6 or 8 years ago My Ingenious friend Mr John Robinson having [contrived] conceived that a fire engine might be made without a Lever—by Inverting the Cylinder & placing it above the mouth of the …"
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Humorous"The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what we do here."
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