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

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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 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...

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,...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 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,...

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...

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,...

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,...

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...

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...

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,...

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.

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...