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Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and then allowing it to fall.
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I am inclined to attach some importance to the new system of manufacturing; and venture to throw it out with the hope…
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The half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almost insensible; yet, by…
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The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions.
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Surely, if knowledge is valuable, it can never be good policy in a country far wealthier than Tuscany, to allow a genius…
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The proportion between the velocity with which men or animals move, and the weights they carry, is a matter of considerable importance,…
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It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he…
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To those who have chosen the profession of medicine, a knowledge of chemistry, and of some branches of natural history, and, indeed,…
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Edison was by far the most successful and, probably, the last exponent of the purely empirical method of investigation. Everything he achieved…
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Telegraphs are machines for conveying information over extensive lines with great rapidity.
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Tis evident that all reasonings concerning matter of fact are founded on the relation of cause and effect, and that we can…
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When two minds of a high order, interested in kindred subjects, come together, their conversation is chiefly remarkable for the summariness of…
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Never before and never since have I seen - and I cannot even imagine, such an amazing rapidity of chess thinking that…
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Before this century shall run out, journalism will be the whole press. Mankind will write their book day by day, hour by…
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Time wastes too fast : every letter I trace tells me with what rapidity Life follows my pen ; the days and…
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Nature's laws must be obeyed, and the period of decline begins, and goes on with accelerated rapidity.
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