This Sentiment Of Self-contempt Is A Frequent

Nothing Is So Dangerous To The Progress Of The Human Mind Than To Assume That Our Views Of Science Are Ultimate, That There Are No Mysteries In Nature, That Our Triumphs Are Complete And That There Are No New Worlds To Conquer.

Mr. Dalton's Permanent Reputation Will Rest Upon His Having Discovered A Simple Principle, Universally Applicable To The Facts Of Chemistry - In Fixing The Proportions In Which Bodies Combine, And Thus Laying The Foundation For Future Labors... His Merits In This Respect Resemble Those Of Kepler In Astronomy.

There May Be Beings, Thinking Beings, Near Or Surrounding Us, Which We Do Not Perceive, Which We Cannot Imagine. We Know Very Little; But, In My Opinion, We Know Enough To Hope For The Immortality, The Individual Immortality, Of The Better Part Of Man.

I Envy No Quality Of The Mind Or Intellect In Others; Not Genius, Power, Wit, Nor Fancy; But, If I Could Choose What Would Be Most Delightful, And, I Believe, Most Useful To Me, I Should Prefer A Firm Religious Belief To Every Other Blessing.

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