Those From Whose Pocket The Salary Is

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.

The Influence Of Electricity In Producing Decompositions, Although Of Inestimable Value As An Instrument Of Discovery In Chemical Inquiries, Can Hardly Be Said To Have Been Applied To The Practical Purposes Of Life, Until The Same Powerful Genius [davy] Which Detected The Principle, Applied It, By A Singular Felicity Of Reasoning, To Arrest The Corrosion Of The Copper-sheathing Of Vessels. ... This Was Regarded As By Laplace As The Greatest Of Sir Humphry's Discoveries.

Those From Whose Pocket The Salary Is Drawn, And By Whose Appointment The Officer Was Made, Have Always A Right To Discuss The Merits Of Their Officers, And Their Modes Of Exercising The Duties They Are Paid To Perform.

Whenever A Man Can Get Hold Of Numbers, They Are Invaluable: If Correct, They Assist In Informing His Own Mind, But They Are Still More Useful In Deluding The Minds Of Others. Numbers Are The Masters Of The Weak, But The Slaves Of The Strong.

[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.