My Father Was The Most Rational And

Though Born In Nova Scotia, I Am Of Almost Pure New England Descent.

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.

The Demonstration That No Possible Combination Of Known Substances, Known Forms Of Machinery And Known Forms Of Force, Can Be United In A Practical Machine By Which Men Shall Fly Along Distances Through The Air, Seems To The Writer As Complete As It Is Possible For The Demonstration To Be.

Quite Likely The Twentieth Century Is Destined To See The Natural Forces Which Will Enable Us To Fly From Continent To Continent With A Speed Far Exceeding That Of A Bird.

I Finally Reached The Conclusion That Mathematics Was The Study I Was Best Fitted To Follow, Though I Did Not Clearly See In What Way I Should Turn The Subject To Account.