How happy the lot of the mathematician! He is judged solely by his peers, and the standard is so high that no colleague or rival c...an ever win a reputation he does not deserve. No cashier writes a letter to the press complaining about the incomprehensibility of Modern Mathematics and comparing it unfavorably with the good old days when mathematicians were content to paper irregularly shaped rooms and fill bathtubs without closing the waste pipe.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The genius of the Saxon race, friendly to liberty; the enterprise, the very muscular vigor of this nation, are inconsistent with s...lavery.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Just opening up the door, having this ordinary person fly, says a lot for the future. You can always equate astronauts with explor...ers who were subsidized. Now you are getting someone going just to observe. And then you'll have the settlers.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
...deep down, deeper than everyday gets me, I am still one of them and will be till I die. In my heart and soul I belong to the lo...t and the red wagons and the Big Top.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Tomorrow let loveless, let lover tomorrow make love; O spring, singing spring, spring of the world renew!... In spring lovers consent and the birds marry When the grove receives in her hair the nuptial dew.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The impression made on me was that the French Canadians were even sharing the fate of the Indians, or at least gradually disappear...ing in what is called the Saxon current.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »