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I WAS pleased and honored to be asked to deliver a keynote address at the first meeting of the Professional Group on Engineering Writing and Speech, and only business of the most urgent kind could have called me away. I have, however, tried to put what I wanted to say in black and white, and I hope that the spirit of my remarks will reach you even if my voice is missing.
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