The seas into which his labours carried the new engineer were still scarce charted, the coasts still dark; his way onshore was often far beyond the convenience of any road
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He must toss much in boats; he must often adventure onhorseback by the dubious bridle-track through unfrequented wildernesses; hemust sometimes planthis lighthouseintheverycamp ofwreckers
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And he was continually enforced to the vicissitudes of outdoor life. The joy of my grandfather in this career was strong as the love of woman
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The great merit of this engineer was notinthefield ofengines. He was above all things aprojector ofworks in theface ofnature, and amodifier ofnature itself
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Aroad tobemade, atower tobebuilt, aharbour tob Constructed, ariver tobetrained andguided initschannel—these were theproblems withwhich hismindwascontinually occupied
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