I Have No Desire To

I Have No Desire To Write My Own Biography, As Long As I Have Strength And Means To Do Better Work.

To Those Who Have Chosen The Profession Of Medicine, A Knowledge Of Chemistry, And Of Some Branches Of Natural History, And, Indeed, Of Several Other Departments Of Science, Affords Useful Assistance.

There Are Few Circumstances Which So Strongly Distinguish The Philosopher, As The Calmness With Which He Can Reply To Criticisms He May Think Undeservedly Severe.

The True Value Of The Christian Religion Rests, Not Upon Speculative Views Of The Creator, Which Must Necessarily Be Different In Each Individual, According To The Extent Of The Knowledge Of The Finite Being, Who Employs His Own Feeble Powers In Contemplating The Infinite: But It Rests Upon Those Doctrines Of Kindness And Benevolence Which That Religion Claims And Enforces, Not Merely In Favour Of Man Himself But Of Every Creature Susceptible Of Pain Or Of Happiness.

Mr. Herschel... Brought With Him The Calculations Of The Computers, And We Commenced The Tedious Process Of Verification. After A Time Many Discrepancies Occurred, And At One Point These Discordances Were So Numerous That I Exclaimed, "i Wish To God These Calculations Had Been Executed By Steam," To Which Herschel Replied, "it Is Quite Possible."