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The Understanding Between A Non-technical Writer And His Reader Is That He Shall Talk More Or Less Like A Human Being And Not Like An Act Of Parliament. I Take It That The Aim Of Such Books Must Be To Convey Exact Thought In Inexact Language... He Can Never Succeed Without The Co-operation Of The Reader.

Oh Leave The Wise Our Measures To Collate. One Thing At Least Is Certain, Light Has Weight. One Thing Is Certain And The Rest Debate. Light Rays, When Near The Sun, Do Not Go Straight.

Who Will Observe The Observers?

What We Makes Of The World Must Be Largely Dependent On The Sense-organs That We Happen To Possess. How The World Must Have Changed Since The Man Came To Rely On His Eyes Rather Than His Nose.

Human Life Is Proverbially Uncertain; Few Things Are More Certain Than The Solvency Of A Life-insurance Company.