On Two Occasions I Have Been Asked,

An Object Is Frequently Not Seen, From Not Knowing How To See It, Rather Than From Any Defect Of The Organ Of Vision.

The Possessors Of Wealth Can Scarcely Be Indifferent To Processes Which, Nearly Or Remotely Have Been The Fertile Source Of Their Possessions.

Trimming Consists Of Clipping Off Little Bits Here And There From Those Observations Which Differ Most In Excess From The Mean, And In Sticking Them Onto Those Which Are Too Small; A Species Of 'equitable Adjustment,' As A Radical Would Term It, Which Cannot Be Admitted In Science.

Mechanical Notation ... I Look Upon It As One Of The Most Important Additions I Have Made To Human Knowledge. It Has Placed The Construction Of Machinery In The Rank Of A Demonstrative Science. The Day Will Arrive When No School Of Mechanical Drawing Will Be Thought Complete Without Teaching It.

The Public Character Of Every Public Servant Is Legitimate Subject Of Discussion, And His Fitness Or Unfitness For Office May Be Fairly Canvassed By Any Person.