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> [The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the open where all can see them. His acts, step by step, are in hard substance. He cannot bury his mistakes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-hoover/the-great-liability-of-the-engineer-compared-to-men-of-other/)

[Herbert Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-hoover/)

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> [The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the open where all can see them. His acts, step by step, are in hard substance. He cannot bury his mistakes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-hoover/the-great-liability-of-the-engineer-compared-to-men-of-other-2/)

[Herbert Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-hoover/)

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