"I have been battering away at Saturn, returning to the charge every now and then. I have effected several breaches in the solid ring, and now I am splash into the fluid one, amid a clash of symbols tr…"

"I have no doubt that there are many persons who would be very glad to get rid of the ether."

"In the very beginning of science, the parsons, who managed things then, Being handy with hammer and chisel, made gods in the likeness o' men; Till Commerce arose and at length some men of exceptional …"

"The true Logic for this world is the Calculus of Probabilities, which takes account of the magnitude of the probability."

"It is a perfect pleasure to think of anything that is not connected with the examination."