Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which man will never be able to cope.

All attempts at artificial aviation are not only dangerous to human life, but foredoomed to failure from the engineering standpoint.

The time was not yet ripe for the growth of mathematical science among us, and any development that might have taken place in that direction was rudely stopped by the civil war.

James Edward Oliver might have been one of the great mathematicians of his time had he not been absolutely wanting in the power of continuous work.

In 1860 a total eclipse of the sun was visible in British America.

Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which man will never be able to cope.

As years passed away I have formed the habit of looking back upon that former self as upon another person, the remembrance of whose emotions has been a solace in adversity and added zest to the enjoyment of prosperity.