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

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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...

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...

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...

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,...

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,...

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...

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

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

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

I had not yet gotten into the world of light. But I felt as one...

I had not yet gotten into the world of light. But I felt as one...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...