The result was that, if it happened to clear off after a cloudy evening, I frequently arose from my bed at any hour of the night or morning and walked two miles to the observatory to make some observation included…

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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...

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.

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 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...

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

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

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 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...

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...

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.

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,...

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...

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...

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 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,...

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...

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...

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 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,...

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,...

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...