Address by Mr. J. H. Plummer, D. C. L., President, Dominion Steel Corporation, Limited, at King's College Encaenia, 14th May, 1914 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Address by Mr. J. H. Plummer, D. C. L., President, Dominion Steel Corporation, Limited, at King's College Encaenia, 14th May, 1914There are many other things to be considered, the long East and West haul which affects the transportation of our finished products, the comparatively limited market. Which prevents specialization and other things, but without going further into the subject I will only repeat. That if we are to make our own iron and steel possession of the home market is vital and that we must have reasonable protection, at least until by development and specialization we have approached in our industry the level attained by our neighbors.Now as to our part as a University in this future. It is the boast of Oxford that she does not teach men how to make a living but how to make a life. The intellectual training and the formation of character which I take to be the primary con sideration in these halls, should give us men who while they will not let the need of making a living submerge their ideas of life, will nevertheless be well equipped for its sober work. In this nothing ultimately tells more than the trained mind, the sharpened mental powers and more particularly the con science which sets devotion to duty above any mere personal ga1n.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.