Perhaps The Most Important Principle On Which

Of Cooking. This Is An Art Of Various Forms, The Object Of Which Is To Give Ordinary Observations The Appearance And Character Of Those Of The Highest Degree Of Accuracy. One Of Its Numerous Processes Is To Make Multitudes Of Observations, And Out Of These To Select Only Those Which Agree, Or Very Nearly Agree. If A Hundred Observations Are Made, The Cook Must Be Very Unhappy If He Cannot Pick Out Fifteen Or Twenty Which Will Do For Serving Up.

There Are Few Circumstances Which So Strongly Distinguish The Philosopher, As The Calmness With Which He Can Reply To Criticisms He May Think Undeservedly Severe.

Surely, If Knowledge Is Valuable, It Can Never Be Good Policy In A Country Far Wealthier Than Tuscany, To Allow A Genius Like Mr. Dalton's, To Be Employed In The Drudgery Of Elementary Instruction.

Remember That Accumulated Knowledge, Like Accumulated Capital, Increases At Compound Interest: But It Differs From The Accumulation Of Capital In This; That The Increase Of Knowledge Produces A More Rapid Rate Of Progress, Whilst The Accumulation Of Capital Leads To A Lower Rate Of Interest. Capital Thus Checks It Own Accumulation: Knowledge Thus Accelerates Its Own Advance. Each Generation, Therefore, To Deserve Comparison With Its Predecessor, Is Bound To Add Much More Largely To The Common Stock Than That Which It Immediately Succeeds.

The Fatigue Produced On The Muscles Of The Human Frame Does Not Altogether Depend On The Actual Force Employed In Each Effort, But Partly On The Frequency With Which It Is Exerted.