The Ready Apology Covers A Multitude Of

Cavendish Was A Great Man With Extraordinary Singularities-his Voice Was Squeaking His Manner Nervous He Was Afraid Of Strangers & Seemed When Embarrassed To Articulate With Difficulty-he Wore The Costume Of Our Grandfathers. Was Enormously Rich But Made No Use Of His Wealth... He Cavendish Lived Latterly The Life Of A Solitary, Came To The Club Dinner & To The Royal Society: But Received Nobody At His Home. He Was Acute Sagacious & Profound & I Think The Most Accomplished British Philosopher Of His Time.

Oh, Most Magnificent And Noble Nature! Have I Not Worshipped Thee With Such A Love As Never Mortal Man Before Displayed? Adored Thee In Thy Majesty Of Visible Creation, And Searched Into Thy Hidden And Mysterious Ways As Poet, As Philosopher, As Sage?

Language Is Not Only The Vehicle Of Thought, It Is A Great And Efficient Instrument In Thinking.

When Two Elements Combine And Form More Than One Compound, The Masses Of One Element That React With A Fixed Mass Of The Other Are In The Ratio Of Small Whole Numbers.

The Progression Of Physical Science Is Much More Connected With Your Prosperity Than Is Usually Imagined. You Owe To Experimental Philosophy Some Of The Most Important And Peculiar Of Your Advantages. It Is Not By Foreign Conquests Chiefly That You Are Become Great, But By A Conquest Of Nature In Your Own Country.