Though born in Nova Scotia, I am of almost pure New England descent.

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.

My father followed, during most of his life, the precarious occupation of a country school teacher.

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.

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

Quite likely the twentieth century is destined to see the natural forces which will enable us to fly from continent to continent with a speed far exceeding that of a bird.

We are probably nearing the limit of all we can know about astronomy.