Flight By Machines Heavier Than

Though Born In Nova Scotia, I Am Of Almost Pure New England Descent.

So Far As The Economic Condition Of Society And The General Mode Of Living And Thinking Were Concerned, I Might Claim To Have Lived In The Time Of The American Revolution.

My First Undertaking In The Way Of Scientific Experiment Was In The Field Of Economics And Psychology.

As The Existence Of A Corps Of Professors Of Mathematics Is Peculiar To Our Navy, As Well As An Apparent, Perhaps A Real, Anomaly, Some Account Of It May Be Of Interest.

Aerial Flight Is One Of That Class Of Problems With Which Man Will Never Be Able To Cope. . . . The Example Of The Bird Does Not Prove That Man Can Fly. Imagine The Proud Possessor Of The Aeroplane Darting Through The Air At A Speed Of Several Hundred Feet Per Second. It Is The Speed Alone That Sustains Him. How Is He Ever Going To Stop?