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[in Response To Alfred Tennyson's Poem "vision Of Sin," Which Included The Line "every Moment Dies A Man, Every Moment One Is Born."] If This Were True, The Population Of The World Would Be At A Stand-still. In Truth, The Rate Of Birth Is Slightly In Excess Of Death. I Would Suggest That The Next Edition Of Your Poem Should Read: "every Moment Dies A Man, Every Moment 1 [and] 1/16 Is Born." Strictly Speaking, The Actual Figure Is So Long I Cannot Get It Into A Line, But I Believe The Figure 1 [and] 1/16 Will Be Sufficiently Accurate For Poetry.

In Mathematical Science, More Than In All Others, It Happens That Truths Which Are At One Period The Most Abstract, And Apparently The Most Remote From All Useful Application, Become In The Next Age The Bases Of Profound Physical Inquiries, And In The Succeeding One, Perhaps, By Proper Simplification And Reduction To Tables, Furnish Their Ready And Daily Aid To The Artist And The Sailor.

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."

In England, The Profession Of The Law Is That Which Seems To Hold Out The Strongest Attraction To Talent, From The Circumstance, That In It Ability, Coupled With Exertion, Even Though Unaided By Patronage, Cannot Fail Of Obtaining Reward.

The Proportion Between The Velocity With Which Men Or Animals Move, And The Weights They Carry, Is A Matter Of Considerable Importance, Particularly In Military Affairs.