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In England, The Profession Of The Law Is That Which Seems To Hold Out The Strongest Attraction To Talent, From The Circumstance, That In It Ability, Coupled With Exertion, Even Though Unaided By Patronage, Cannot Fail Of Obtaining Reward.

If We Look At The Fact, We Shall Find That The Great Inventions Of The Age Are Not, With Us At Least, Always Produced In Universities.

Scientific Knowledge Scarcely Exists Amongst The Higher Classes Of Society. The Discussion In The Houses Of Lords Or Of Commons, Which Arise On The Occurrence Of Any Subjects Connected With Science, Sufficiently Prove This Fact.

The Proportion Between The Velocity With Which Men Or Animals Move, And The Weights They Carry, Is A Matter Of Considerable Importance, Particularly In Military Affairs.

Precedents Are Treated By Powerful Minds As Fetters With Which To Bind Down The Weak, As Reasons With Which To Mistify The Moderately Informed, And As Reeds Which They Themselves Fearlessly Break Through Whenever New Combinations And Difficult Emergencies Demand Their Highest Efforts.