If my impressions are correct, our educational planing mill cuts down all the knots of genius, and reduces the best of the men who go through it to much the same standard.

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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...

My first undertaking in the way of scientific experiment was in the field of economics...

My first undertaking in the way of scientific experiment was in the field of economics...

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,...

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.

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...

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...

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,...

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,...

In 1858 I received the degree of D. S. from the Lawrence Scientific School, and...

In 1858 I received the degree of D. S. from the Lawrence Scientific School, and...

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

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

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.

Astronomers are greatly disappointed when, having traveled halfway around the world to see an eclipse,...

Astronomers are greatly disappointed when, having traveled halfway around the world to see an eclipse,...

Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible.

Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible.

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...

Quite likely the twentieth century is destined to see the natural forces which will enable...

Quite likely the twentieth century is destined to see the natural forces which will enable...

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...

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...

The beginning of 1856 found me teaching in the family of a planter named Bryan,...

The beginning of 1856 found me teaching in the family of a planter named Bryan,...

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...

The reports of the eclipse parties not only described the scientific observations in great detail,...

The reports of the eclipse parties not only described the scientific observations in great detail,...