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Eli Whitney
American
Inventor
About the author
I have now taken a serious task upon myself and I fear a greater one that is in the power of any man to perform in the given time-but it is too late to go back.
Eli Whitney,
American
Inventor
#Time
#Now
#Fear
#Man
#Power
One of my primary objects is to form the tools so the tools themselves shall fashion the work and give to every part its just proportion.
Eli Whitney,
American
Inventor
#Work
#Fashion
#Tools
I have not only Arms but a large proportion of Armourers to make.
Eli Whitney,
American
Inventor
I have always believed that I should have had no difficulty in causing my rights to be respected.
Eli Whitney,
American
Inventor
#Difficulty
#Rights
I can make just such ones if I had tools, and I could make tools if I had tools to make them with.
Eli Whitney,
American
Inventor
#Tools
You are undoubtedly acquainted with my Reputation, and as for my Penmanship it must speak for itself; this is to desire your Approbation to keep a public school.
Eli Whitney,
American
Inventor
#Public
#School
#Desire
#Reputation