Simon Newcomb Quotes


Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible. Simon Newcomb Air 93
Whenever a total eclipse of the sun was visible in an accessible region parties were sent out to observe it. Simon Newcomb Sun 90
My father followed, during most of his life, the precarious occupation of a country school teacher. Simon Newcomb Father 81
In 1860 a total eclipse of the sun was visible in British America. Simon Newcomb Uncategorized 81
In October, 1865, occurred what was, in my eyes, the greatest event in the history of the observatory. The new transit circle arrived from Berlin in its boxes. Simon Newcomb Uncategorized 68
My father was the most rational and the most dispassionate of men. Simon Newcomb dad 67
We are probably nearing the limit of all we can know about astronomy. Simon Newcomb Astronomy 66
As the existence of a corps of professors of mathematics is peculiar to our navy, as well as an apparent, perhaps a real, anomaly, some account of it may be of interest. Simon Newcomb Uncategorized 53
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. Simon Newcomb Uncategorized 45
The time was not yet ripe for the growth of mathematical science among us, and any development that might have taken place in that direction was rudely stopped by the civil war. Simon Newcomb Science 42
Astronomers are greatly disappointed when, having traveled halfway around the world to see an eclipse, clouds prevent a sight of it; and yet a sense of relief accompanies the disappointment. Simon Newcomb Uncategorized 41
Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which men will never have to cope. Simon Newcomb Aerial 40
A suggestion had been made to me looking toward a professorship in some Western college, but after due consideration, I declined to consider the matter. Simon Newcomb Uncategorized 40
The reports of the eclipse parties not only described the scientific observations in great detail, but also the travels and experiences, and were sometimes marked by a piquancy not common in official documents. Simon Newcomb Uncategorized 38
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. Simon Newcomb Uncategorized 37
I had not yet gotten into the world of light. But I felt as one who, standing outside, could knock against the wall and hear an answering knock from within. Simon Newcomb Uncategorized 35
If my impressions are correct, our educational planing mill cuts down all the knots of genius, and reduces the best of the men who go through it to much the same standard. Simon Newcomb Uncategorized 34
So far as the economic condition of society and the general mode of living and thinking were concerned, I might claim to have lived in the time of the American Revolution. Simon Newcomb Society 31
As years passed away I have formed the habit of looking back upon that former self as upon another person, the remembrance of whose emotions has been a solace in adversity and added zest to the enjoyment of prosperity. Simon Newcomb Uncategorized 31
The beginning of 1856 found me teaching in the family of a planter named Bryan, residing in Prince George County, Md., some fifteen or twenty miles from Washington. Simon Newcomb Family 29
What we now call school training, the pursuit of fixed studies at stated hours under the constant guidance of a teacher, I could scarcely be said to have enjoyed. Simon Newcomb Uncategorized 28
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. Simon Newcomb Uncategorized 28
Though born in Nova Scotia, I am of almost pure New England descent. Simon Newcomb Uncategorized 27
I finally reached the conclusion that mathematics was the study I was best fitted to follow, though I did not clearly see in what way I should turn the subject to account. Simon Newcomb Uncategorized 26
In 1858 I received the degree of D. S. from the Lawrence Scientific School, and thereafter remained on the rolls of the university as a resident graduate. Simon Newcomb Graduation 23
My first undertaking in the way of scientific experiment was in the field of economics and psychology. Simon Newcomb Uncategorized 23

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