Fourier Is A Mathematical Poem.

We All Confidently Believe That There Are At Present, And Have Been From Time Immemorial, Many Worlds Of Life Besides Our Own. . . . [this] May Seem Wild, And Visionary; All I Maintain Is That It Is Not Unscientific.

Scientific Wealth Tends To Accumulate According To The Law Of Compound Interest. Every Addition To Knowledge Of The Properties Of Matter Supplies The Physical Scientist With New Instrumental Means For Discovering And Interpreting Phenomena Of Nature, Which In Their Turn Afford Foundations Of Fresh Generalisations, Bringing Gains Of Permanent Value Into The Great Storehouse Of Natural Philosophy.

Ether Is The Only Substance We Are Confident Of In Dynamics. One Thing We Are Sure Of And That Is The Reality And Substantiality Of The Luminferous Ether.

Simplification Of Modes Of Proof Is Not Merely An Indication Of Advance In Our Knowledge Of A Subject, But Is Also The Surest Guarantee Of Readiness For Farther Progress.

Vortices Of Pure Energy Can Exist And, If My Theories Are Right, Can Compose The Bodily Form Of An Intelligent Species.