The Beginning Of 1856 Found Me Teaching

Quite Likely The Twentieth Century Is Destined To See The Natural Forces Which Will Enable Us To Fly From Continent To Continent With A Speed Far Exceeding That Of A Bird.

My Father Was The Most Rational And The Most Dispassionate Of Men.

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.

Aerial Flight Is One Of That Class Of Problems With Which Man Will Never Be Able To Cope. . . . The Example Of The Bird Does Not Prove That Man Can Fly. Imagine The Proud Possessor Of The Aeroplane Darting Through The Air At A Speed Of Several Hundred Feet Per Second. It Is The Speed Alone That Sustains Him. How Is He Ever Going To Stop?

Until I Was Four Years Old I Lived In The House Of My Paternal Grandfather, About Two Miles From The Pretty Little Village Of Wallace, At The Mouth Of The River Of That Name.