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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A young sailor boy came to see me to-day. It pleases me to have these...

A young sailor boy came to see me to-day. It pleases me to have these...

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...

Yesterday I had a Shaker visitor, and to-day a Catholic; and the more I see...

Yesterday I had a Shaker visitor, and to-day a Catholic; and the more I see...

The Southern character is opposed to haste. Safety is of more worth than speed, and...

The Southern character is opposed to haste. Safety is of more worth than speed, and...

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

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 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...

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....

I saw, in looking over Cooper, elements of a comet of 1825 which resemble what...

I saw, in looking over Cooper, elements of a comet of 1825 which resemble what...

As a general rule, people disappoint you as you know them.

As a general rule, people disappoint you as you know them.

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 made observations for three hours last night, and am almost ill to-day from fatigue;...

I made observations for three hours last night, and am almost ill to-day from fatigue;...

Question everything.

Question everything.

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...

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...

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

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...

Altogether, St. Louis is a growing place, and the West has a large hand and...

Altogether, St. Louis is a growing place, and the West has a large hand and...

We travel to learn; and I have never been in any country where they did...

We travel to learn; and I have never been in any country where they did...