In 1860 A Total Eclipse Of The

So Far As The Economic Condition Of Society And The General Mode Of Living And Thinking Were Concerned, I Might Claim To Have Lived In The Time Of The American Revolution.

My Father Was The Most Rational And The Most Dispassionate Of Men.

All Attempts At Artificial Aviation Are Not Only Dangerous To Human Life, But Foredoomed To Failure From The Engineering Standpoint.

Construction Of An Aerial Vehicle Which Can Carry Even A Single Man . . . Requires The Discovery Of Some New Metal Or Force. Even With Such A Discovery, We Could Not Expect One To Do More Than Carry Its Owner.

Flight By Machines Heavier Than Air Is Unpractical And Insignificant, If Not Utterly Impossible.