The Council Of The Royal Society Is

The Accumulation Of Skill And Science Which Has Been Directed To Diminish The Difficulty Of Producing Manufactured Goods, Has Not Been Beneficial To That Country Alone In Which It Is Concentrated Distant Kingdoms Have Participated In Its Advantages.

Forging Differs From Hoaxing, Inasmuch As In The Later The Deceit Is Intended To Last For A Time, And Then Be Discovered, To The Ridicule Of Those Who Have Credited It; Whereas The Forger Is One Who, Wishing To Acquire A Reputation For Science, Records Observations Which He Has Never Made.

The Proportion Between The Velocity With Which Men Or Animals Move, And The Weights They Carry, Is A Matter Of Considerable Importance, Particularly In Military Affairs.

Precedents Are Treated By Powerful Minds As Fetters With Which To Bind Down The Weak, As Reasons With Which To Mistify The Moderately Informed, And As Reeds Which They Themselves Fearlessly Break Through Whenever New Combinations And Difficult Emergencies Demand Their Highest Efforts.

Whenever A Man Can Get Hold Of Numbers, They Are Invaluable: If Correct, They Assist In Informing His Own Mind, But They Are Still More Useful In Deluding The Minds Of Others. Numbers Are The Masters Of The Weak, But The Slaves Of The Strong.