I Have No Satisfaction In Formulas Unless

When You Cannot Measure, Your Knowledge Is Meager And Unsatisfactory.

I Have Not The Smallest Molecule Of Faith In Aerial Navigation Other Than Ballooning, Or Of The Expectation Of Good Results From Any Of The Trials We Heard Of. So You Will Understand That I Would Not Care To Be A Member Of The Aeronautical Society.

I Have Not Had A Moment's Peace Or Happiness In Respect To Electromagnetic Theory Since November 28, 1846. All This Time I Have Been Liable To Fits Of Ether Dipsomania, Kept Away At Intervals Only By Rigorous Abstention From Thought On The Subject.

I Need Scarcely Say That The Beginning And Maintenance Of Life On Earth Is Absolutely And Infinitely Beyond The Range Of All Sound Speculation In Dynamical Science. The Only Contribution Of Dynamics To Theoretical Biology Is Absolute Negation Of Automatic Commencement Or Automatic Maintenance Of Life.

Suppose That You Could Mark The Molecules In A Glass Of Water; Then Pour The Contents Of The Glass Into The Ocean And Stir The Latter Throughly So As To Distribute The Marked Molecules Uniformly Throughout The Seven Seas; If Then You Took A Glass Of Water Anywhere Out Of The Ocean, You Would Find In It About A Hundred Of Your Marked Molecules.