Scientific Knowledge Scarcely Exists Amongst The Higher

It Will Be Readily Admitted, That A Degree Conferred By An University, Ought To Be A Pledge To The Public That He Who Holds It Possesses A Certain Quantity Of Knowledge.

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.

If We Look At The Fact, We Shall Find That The Great Inventions Of The Age Are Not, With Us At Least, Always Produced In Universities.

I Have No Desire To Write My Own Biography, As Long As I Have Strength And Means To Do Better Work.

In England, The Profession Of The Law Is That Which Seems To Hold Out The Strongest Attraction To Talent, From The Circumstance, That In It Ability, Coupled With Exertion, Even Though Unaided By Patronage, Cannot Fail Of Obtaining Reward.