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When the engineer is once launched upon his career finally, he 

 should consider the first ten or fifteen years as a period of the continu- 

 ation of his training. Experience is what he needs, and is what after- 

 wards commands large fees. Of a choice of two positions, one of which 

 extends one's experience and the other does not, I should certainly 

 favour the former, even though the immediate pay may be much less; 

 it will be far better in the long run. A student should go to some large 

 centre of operation preferably to going as manager of some small un- 

 important mine. 



This is an age of scientifically trained men, and it will be still more 

 so in future. Thirty or forty years ago scientific training was often 

 scoffed at as impractical, but not so to-day, although, of course, practical 

 experience, linked with scientific training, constitutes the success of the 

 best men. 



I do not wish to lay down the law in this matter, but only to give 

 these remarks as expressing my conception of the necessary and best 

 training. I shall be glad if these remarks will lead to discussion and 

 criticism. 



