"I finally reached the conclusion that mathematics was……" — Simon Newcomb
"I finally reached the conclusion that mathematics was the study I was best fitted to follow, though I did not clearly see in what way I should turn the subject to account."
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35 Quotes by Simon Newcomb
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As years passed away I have formed the habit of looking back upon that former self as upon another person,…
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We are probably nearing the limit of all we can know about astronomy.
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One hardly knows where, in the history of science, to look for an important movement that had its effective start…
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My father was the most rational and the most dispassionate of men.
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In 1858 I received the degree of D. S. from the Lawrence Scientific School, and thereafter remained on the rolls…
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As the existence of a corps of professors of mathematics is peculiar to our navy, as well as an apparent,…
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Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which man will never be able to cope. . .…
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Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which man will never be able to cope.
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In 1860 a total eclipse of the sun was visible in British America.
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My father followed, during most of his life, the precarious occupation of a country school teacher.
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Though born in Nova Scotia, I am of almost pure New England descent.
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All attempts at artificial aviation are not only dangerous to human life, but foredoomed to failure from the engineering standpoint.
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