Aerial Flight Is One Of That Class

I Finally Reached The Conclusion That Mathematics Was The Study I Was Best Fitted To Follow, Though I Did Not Clearly See In What Way I Should Turn The Subject To Account.

What We Now Call School Training, The Pursuit Of Fixed Studies At Stated Hours Under The Constant Guidance Of A Teacher, I Could Scarcely Be Said To Have Enjoyed.

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.

Whenever A Total Eclipse Of The Sun Was Visible In An Accessible Region Parties Were Sent Out To Observe It.

A Few Years Later The Naval Academy Was Founded At Annapolis, And A Similar Course Was Pursued To Provide It With A Corps Of Instructors.