I Was Taught The Alphabet

The Reports Of The Eclipse Parties Not Only Described The Scientific Observations In Great Detail, But Also The Travels And Experiences, And Were Sometimes Marked By A Piquancy Not Common In Official Documents.

The Beginning Of 1856 Found Me Teaching In The Family Of A Planter Named Bryan, Residing In Prince George County, Md., Some Fifteen Or Twenty Miles From Washington.

All Attempts At Artificial Aviation Are Not Only Dangerous To Human Life, But Foredoomed To Failure From The Engineering Standpoint.

When About Fifteen I Once Made A Great Scandal By Taking Out My Knife In Prayer Meeting And Assaulting A Young Man Who, While I Was Kneeling Down During The Prayer, Stood Above Me And Squeezed My Neck.

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