Second To Agriculture, Humbug Is The Biggest

Nature Is Man's Teacher. She Unfolds Her Treasures To His Search, Unseals His Eye, Illumes His Mind, And Purifies His Heart; An Influence Breathes From All The Sights And Sounds Of Her Existence.

The First Time I Saw Nitroglycerine Was In The Beginning Of The Crimean War. Professor Zinin In St. Petersburg Exhibited Some To My Father And Me, And Struck Some On An Anvil To Show That Only The Part Touched By The Hammer Exploded Without Spreading.

A Recluse Without Books And Ink Is Already In Life A Dead Man.

For Me Writing Biographies Is Impossible, Unless They Are Brief And Concise, And These Are, I Feel, The Most Eloquent.

Second To Agriculture, Humbug Is The Biggest Industry Of Our Age.