My father followed, during most of his life, the precarious occupation of a country school teacher.
Simon NewcombUntil I was four years old I lived in the house of my paternal grandfather, about two miles from the pretty little village of Wallace, at the mouth of the river of that name.
Simon NewcombFlight by machines heavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible.
Simon NewcombWhenever a total eclipse of the sun was visible in an accessible region parties were sent out to observe it.
Simon NewcombThe mathematician of to-day admits that he can neither square the circle, duplicate the cube or trisect the angle. May not our mechanicians, in like manner, be ultimately forced to admit that aerial flight is one of that great class of problems with which men can never cope... I do not claim that this is a necessary conclusion from any past experience. But I do think that success must await progress of a different kind from that of invention.
Simon Newcomb