As Years Passed Away I Have Formed

In 1860 A Total Eclipse Of The Sun Was Visible In British America.

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.

Ten Decimal Places Of π Are Sufficient To Give The Circumference Of The Earth To A Fraction Of An Inch, And Thirty Decimal Places Would Give The Circumference Of The Visible Universe To A Quantity Imperceptible To The Most Powerful Microscope.

I Was Taught The Alphabet By My Aunts Before I Was Four Years Old, And I Was Reading The Bible In Class And Beginning Geography When I Was Six.

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.