The Possessors Of Wealth Can Scarcely Be

Science In England Is Not A Profession: Its Cultivators Are Scarcely Recognised Even As A Class. Our Language Itself Contains No Single Term By Which Their Occupation Can Be Expressed. We Borrow A Foreign Word [savant] From Another Country Whose High Ambition It Is To Advance Science, And Whose Deeper Policy, In Accord With More Generous Feelings, Gives To The Intellectual Labourer Reward And Honour, In Return For Services Which Crown The Nation With Imperishable Renown, And Ultimately Enrich The Human Race.

The Half Minute Which We Daily Devote To The Winding-up Of Our Watches Is An Exertion Of Labour Almost Insensible; Yet, By The Aid Of A Few Wheels, Its Effect Is Spread Over The Whole Twenty-four Hours.

At Each Increase Of Knowledge, As Well As On The Contrivance Of Every New Tool, Human Labour Becomes Abridged.

The Economy Of Human Time Is The Next Advantage Of Machinery In Manufactures.

Errors Using Inadequate Data Are Much Less Than Those Using No Data At All.