The Maxim Of Science Is Simply That

The Ethiop Gods Have Ethiop Lips, Bronze Cheeks, And Woolly Hair; The Grecian Gods Are Like The Greeks, As Keen-eyed, Cold And Fair.

Most Men Of Business Think "anyhow This System Will Probably Last My Time. It Has Gone On A Long Time, And Is Likely To Go On Still.

We Think Of Euclid As Of Fine Ice; We Admire Newton As We Admire The Peak Of Teneriffe. Even The Intensest Labors, The Most Remote Triumphs Of The Abstract Intellect, Seem To Carry Us Into A Region Different From Our Own-to Be In A Terra Incognita Of Pure Reasoning, To Cast A Chill On Human Glory.

The Real Essence Of Work Is Concentrated Energy.

Efficiency In An Assembly Requires A Solid Mass Of Steady Votes; And These Are Collected By A Deferential Attachment To Particular Men, Or By A Belief In The Principles That Those Men Represent, And They Are Maintained By Fear Of Those Men - By The Fear That If You Vote Against Them, You May Soon Yourself Have No Vote At All.