Degree is much: the whole Atlantic might be lukewarm and never boil us a potato.

A calculating engine is one of the most intricate forms of mechanism, a telegraph key one of the simplest. But compare their value.

Form may be of more account than substance. A lens of ice will focus a solar beam to a blaze.

Degree is much: the whole Atlantic might be lukewarm and never boil us a potato.

Error held as truth has much the effect of truth. In politics and religion this fact upsets many confident predictions.

When a learner, in the fullness of his powers, comes to great truths unstaled by premature familiarity, he rejoices in the lateness of his lessons.

Nature is full of by-ends. A moth feeds on a petal, in a moment the pollen caught on its breast will be wedding this blossom to another in the next county.