The Possessors Of Wealth Can

Whenever A Man Can Get Hold Of Numbers, They Are Invaluable: If Correct, They Assist In Informing His Own Mind, But They Are Still More Useful In Deluding The Minds Of Others. Numbers Are The Masters Of The Weak, But The Slaves Of The Strong.

The Difference Between A Tool And A Machine Is Not Capable Of Very Precise Distinction; Nor Is It Necessary, In A Popular Explanation Of Those Terms, To Limit Very Strictly Their Acceptation.

The Influence Of Electricity In Producing Decompositions, Although Of Inestimable Value As An Instrument Of Discovery In Chemical Inquiries, Can Hardly Be Said To Have Been Applied To The Practical Purposes Of Life, Until The Same Powerful Genius [davy] Which Detected The Principle, Applied It, By A Singular Felicity Of Reasoning, To Arrest The Corrosion Of The Copper-sheathing Of Vessels. ... This Was Regarded As By Laplace As The Greatest Of Sir Humphry's Discoveries.

The Council Of The Royal Society Is A Collection Of Men Who Elect Each Other To Office And Then Dine Together At The Expense Of This Society To Praise Each Other Over Wine And Give Each Other Medals.

That A Country, [england], Eminently Distinguished For Its Mechanical And Manufacturing Ingenuity, Should Be Indifferent To The Progress Of Inquiries Which Form The Highest Departments Of That Knowledge On Whose More Elementary Truths Its Wealth And Rank Depend, Is A Fact Which Is Well Deserving The Attention Of Those Who Shall Inquire Into The Causes That Influence The Progress Of Nations.