An object is frequently not seen, from not knowing how to see it, rather than from any defect of the organ of vision.

A young man passes from our public schools to the universities, ignorant almost of the elements of every branch of useful knowledge.

Whenever the work is itself light, it becomes necessary, in order to economize time, to increase the velocity.

No person will deny that the highest degree of attainable accuracy is an object to be desired, and it is generally found that the last advances towards precision require a greater devotion of time, labour, and expense, than those which precede them.

The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or unfitness for office may be fairly canvassed by any person.

Long intervals frequently elapse between the discovery of new principles in science and their practical application... Those intellectual qualifications, which give birth to new principles or to new methods, are of quite a different order from those which are necessary for their practical application.

To those who have chosen the profession of medicine, a knowledge of chemistry, and of some branches of natural history, and, indeed, of several other departments of science, affords useful assistance.