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I Finally Reached The Conclusion That Mathematics Was The Study I Was Best Fitted To Follow, Though I Did Not Clearly See In What Way I Should Turn The Subject To Account.

Construction Of An Aerial Vehicle Which Can Carry Even A Single Man . . . Requires The Discovery Of Some New Metal Or Force. Even With Such A Discovery, We Could Not Expect One To Do More Than Carry Its Owner.

As The Existence Of A Corps Of Professors Of Mathematics Is Peculiar To Our Navy, As Well As An Apparent, Perhaps A Real, Anomaly, Some Account Of It May Be Of Interest.

What We Now Call School Training, The Pursuit Of Fixed Studies At Stated Hours Under The Constant Guidance Of A Teacher, I Could Scarcely Be Said To Have Enjoyed.

We Are Probably Nearing The Limit Of All We Can Know About Astronomy.