I have just gone over my comet computations again, and it is humiliating to perceive how very little more I know than I did seven years ago when I first did this kind of work.

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There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us,...

We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us,...

The love of one's own sex is precious, for it is neither provoked by vanity...

The love of one's own sex is precious, for it is neither provoked by vanity...

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

I was born, for instance, incapable of appreciating music.

I was born, for instance, incapable of appreciating music.

That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.

That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.

I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than...

I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than...

The greatest object in educating is to give a right habit of study.

The greatest object in educating is to give a right habit of study.

I was a little doubtful about the propriety of going to the Mammoth Cave without...

I was a little doubtful about the propriety of going to the Mammoth Cave without...

To read a book, to think it over, and to write out notes is a...

To read a book, to think it over, and to write out notes is a...

I am always the better for open-air breathing, and was certainly meant for the wandering...

I am always the better for open-air breathing, and was certainly meant for the wandering...

We especially need imagination in science.

We especially need imagination in science.

It is sad to see a woman sacrificing the ties of the affections even to...

It is sad to see a woman sacrificing the ties of the affections even to...

Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness...

Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness...

The best that can be said of my life so far is that it has...

The best that can be said of my life so far is that it has...

I had, early in life, a love for staging, but it is fast dying out....

I had, early in life, a love for staging, but it is fast dying out....

Small aids to individuals, large aid to masses.

Small aids to individuals, large aid to masses.

People have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the...

People have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the...

If I were asked under what sky the human mind has most fully developed some...

If I were asked under what sky the human mind has most fully developed some...

The value of history is, indeed, not scientific but moral: by liberalizing the mind, by...

The value of history is, indeed, not scientific but moral: by liberalizing the mind, by...