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The Engineer as Philosopher and Citizen
Lecture by Cyrus Eaton at Massachusetts Institue of Technology Lecture Series, Kresge's Auditorium, Cambridge, MA, November 16, 1961
Courtesy of Western Reserve Historical Society
from Collection of Cyrus Eaton Papers

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Eaton exhorts the engineers at MIT to become life-long learners in many areas of liberal studies as he recounts all the many studies he undertook to understand the industries he invested in.  He discusses the role of Scientists and Engineers in the Arms Race