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[in Response To Alfred Tennyson's Poem "vision Of Sin," Which Included The Line "every Moment Dies A Man, Every Moment One Is Born."] If This Were True, The Population Of The World Would Be At A Stand-still. In Truth, The Rate Of Birth Is Slightly In Excess Of Death. I Would Suggest That The Next Edition Of Your Poem Should Read: "every Moment Dies A Man, Every Moment 1 [and] 1/16 Is Born." Strictly Speaking, The Actual Figure Is So Long I Cannot Get It Into A Line, But I Believe The Figure 1 [and] 1/16 Will Be Sufficiently Accurate For Poetry.

Errors Using Inadequate Data Are Much Less Than Those Using No Data At All.

The Tastes And Pursuits Of Manhood Will Bear On Them The Traces Of The Earlier Impressions Of Our Education. It Is Therefore Not Unreasonable To Suppose That Some Portion Of The Neglect Of Science In England, May Be Attributed To The System Of Education We Pursue.

What Is There In A Name? It Is Merely An Empty Basket, Until You Put Something Into It.

No Person Will Deny That The Highest Degree Of Attainable Accuracy Is An Object To Be Desired, And It Is Generally Found That The Last Advances Towards Precision Require A Greater Devotion Of Time, Labour, And Expense, Than Those Which Precede Them.