This Sentiment Of Self-contempt Is A Frequent

I Have Learned More From My Mistakes Than From My Successes.

Cuvier Had Even In His Address & Manner The Character Of A Superior Man, Much General Power & Eloquence In Conversation & Great Variety Of Information On Scientific As Well As Popular Subjects. I Should Say Of Him That He Is The Most Distinguished Man Of Talents I Have Ever Known On The Continent: But I Doubt If He Be Entitled To The Appellation Of A Man Of Genius.

James Watt Was Equally Distinguished As A Natural Philosopher And Chemist; His Inventions Demonstrate His Profound Knowledge Of Those Sciences, And That Peculiar Characteristic Of Genius - The Union Of Them For Practical Application.

To Me There Never Has Been A Higher Source Of Honour Or Distinction Than That Connected With Advances In Science. I Have Not Possessed Enough Of The Eagle In My Character To Make A Direct Flight To The Loftiest Altitudes In The Social World; And I Certainly Never Endeavored To Reach Those Heights By Using The Creeping Powers Of The Reptile, Who In Ascending, Generally Chooses The Dirtiest Path, Because It Is The Easiest.

Mr. Dalton's Permanent Reputation Will Rest Upon His Having Discovered A Simple Principle, Universally Applicable To The Facts Of Chemistry - In Fixing The Proportions In Which Bodies Combine, And Thus Laying The Foundation For Future Labors... His Merits In This Respect Resemble Those Of Kepler In Astronomy.