Aerial Flight Is One Of That Class

The Demonstration That No Possible Combination Of Known Substances, Known Forms Of Machinery And Known Forms Of Force, Can Be United In A Practical Machine By Which Men Shall Fly Along Distances Through The Air, Seems To The Writer As Complete As It Is Possible For The Demonstration To Be.

In 1860 A Total Eclipse Of The Sun Was Visible In British America.

Construction Of An Aerial Vehicle Which Can Carry Even A Single Man . . . Requires The Discovery Of Some New Metal Or Force. Even With Such A Discovery, We Could Not Expect One To Do More Than Carry Its Owner.

When About Fifteen I Once Made A Great Scandal By Taking Out My Knife In Prayer Meeting And Assaulting A Young Man Who, While I Was Kneeling Down During The Prayer, Stood Above Me And Squeezed My Neck.

We Are Probably Nearing The Limit Of All We Can Know About Astronomy.