Science Is Not Addressed To Poets.

A Man Must Be Himself Convinced If He Is To Convince Others. The Prophet Must Be His Own Disciple, Or He Will Make None. Enthusiasm Is Contagious: Belief Creates Belief.

If A Work Of Art Is Placed Before Me, I Believe I Can Enjoy It; But I Do Not Overlook The Fact, That Art Is One Thing, Another Thing Amusement; And That People Do Like Amusements, And Will Run After It.

Individual Experiences Being Limited And Individual Spontaneity Feeble, We Are Strengthened And Enriched By Assimilating The Experience Of Others.

A Man May Be Buoyed Up By The Efflation Of His Wild Desires To Brave Any Imaginable Peril; But He Cannot Calmly See One He Loves Braving The Same Peril; Simply Because He Cannot Feel Within Turn That Which Prompts Another. He Sees The Danger, And Feels Not The Power That Is To Overcome It.

He Who Is Ignorant Of Motion, Says Aristotle , Is Necessarily Ignorant Of All Natural Things. ...not Only Was He Entirely In The Dark Respecting The Laws, He Was Completely Wrong In His Conception Of The Nature Of Motion. ...he Thought That Every Body In Motion Naturally Tends To Rest.