My Father Was The Most Rational And

We Are Probably Nearing The Limit Of All We Can Know About Astronomy.

The Beginning Of 1856 Found Me Teaching In The Family Of A Planter Named Bryan, Residing In Prince George County, Md., Some Fifteen Or Twenty Miles From Washington.

Aerial Flight Is One Of That Class Of Problems With Which Man Will Never Be Able To Cope.

A Few Years Later The Naval Academy Was Founded At Annapolis, And A Similar Course Was Pursued To Provide It With A Corps Of Instructors.

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 In The Programme.