Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Responsibilities of the Educated Engineer: An Address Delivered by George S. Morison, Consulting Engineer and Past-President of the American Society of Civil Engineers, at Purdue University on Commencement Day, June 12, 1901
In early days the functions of governments were but two; the protection of the people against foreign enemies, which meant the con duct of war; and the protection of the people from domestic enemies, which meant police and the whole system of both criminal and civil law.
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