Of these my betters and my equals inn
my calling, bind myself upon my honor and cold iron that, to the best
of my knowledge and power, I will not henceforward suffer or pass,
or be privy to the passing of , bad workmanship or faulty material in
aught that concerns my works before mankind as an engineer, or in my
dealing with my own soul before my maker.
My time I will not refuse; my thought I
will not grudge; my care I will not deny towards the honor, use
stability and perfection of any works to which I may be called to set
my hand.
My fair wages for that work I will
openly take. My reputation in my calling I will honorably guard; but
I will in no way go about to compass or wrest judgment or
gratification from any one with whom I may deal. And further, I will
early and warily strive my uttermost against professional jealousy or
the belittling of my working-colleagues in any field of their labor.
For my assured failures and
derelictions, I ask pardon beforehand of my betters and my equals in
my calling here assembled; praying that in the hour of my
temptations, weakness and weariness, the memory of this my obligation
and of the company before whom it was entered into, may return to me
to aid, comfort and restrain.
