I had not yet gotten into the world of light. But I felt as one who, standing outside, could knock against the wall and hear an answering knock from within.

Quote by Simon Newcomb

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So far as the economic condition of society and the general mode of living and...

So far as the economic condition of society and the general mode of living and...

Whenever a total eclipse of the sun was visible in an accessible region parties were...

Whenever a total eclipse of the sun was visible in an accessible region parties were...

We are probably nearing the limit of all we can know about astronomy.

We are probably nearing the limit of all we can know about astronomy.

In October, 1865, occurred what was, in my eyes, the greatest event in the history...

In October, 1865, occurred what was, in my eyes, the greatest event in the history...

My father followed, during most of his life, the precarious occupation of a country school...

My father followed, during most of his life, the precarious occupation of a country school...

As years passed away I have formed the habit of looking back upon that former...

As years passed away I have formed the habit of looking back upon that former...

A suggestion had been made to me looking toward a professorship in some Western college,...

A suggestion had been made to me looking toward a professorship in some Western college,...

If my impressions are correct, our educational planing mill cuts down all the knots of...

If my impressions are correct, our educational planing mill cuts down all the knots of...

As the existence of a corps of professors of mathematics is peculiar to our navy,...

As the existence of a corps of professors of mathematics is peculiar to our navy,...

When about fifteen I once made a great scandal by taking out my knife in...

When about fifteen I once made a great scandal by taking out my knife in...

In 1860 a total eclipse of the sun was visible in British America.

In 1860 a total eclipse of the sun was visible in British America.

Though born in Nova Scotia, I am of almost pure New England descent.

Though born in Nova Scotia, I am of almost pure New England descent.

The result was that, if it happened to clear off after a cloudy evening, I...

The result was that, if it happened to clear off after a cloudy evening, I...

My father was the most rational and the most dispassionate of men.

My father was the most rational and the most dispassionate of men.

Until I was four years old I lived in the house of my paternal grandfather,...

Until I was four years old I lived in the house of my paternal grandfather,...

One hardly knows where, in the history of science, to look for an important movement...

One hardly knows where, in the history of science, to look for an important movement...

The time was not yet ripe for the growth of mathematical science among us, and...

The time was not yet ripe for the growth of mathematical science among us, and...

I finally reached the conclusion that mathematics was the study I was best fitted to...

I finally reached the conclusion that mathematics was the study I was best fitted to...

What we now call school training, the pursuit of fixed studies at stated hours under...

What we now call school training, the pursuit of fixed studies at stated hours under...

Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which men will never have...

Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which men will never have...