A peace worth fighting for

THE name of Edison reminds us that imagination is no less a tool of the engineering profession than fact bound analysis. The medal which honors the revered memory of Benjamin Lamme bears these words from his pen, “The engineer views hopefully the hitherto unattainable.” Kettering is quoted as saying that the difference between a research man and an inventor is that the latter does not know all the reasons why a thing cannot be done, therefore he goes ahead and does it. We engineers who have not only a war to win but also a peace to make secure should pray for a double portion of their spirit.