I Have Always Been A Grumbler. I

If You Are A Genius, You'll Make Your Own Rules, But If Not - And The Odds Are Against It - Go To Your Desk No Matter What Your Mood, Face The Icy Challenge Of The Paper - Write.

To Put Failure Behind You, Face Up To It.

The Real Lost Souls Don't Wear Their Hair Long And Play Guitars. They Have Crew Cuts And Trained Minds, Sign On For Research In Biological Warfare, And Don't Give Their Parents A Moment's Worry.

On The 1st Of August, 1774, I Endeavoured To Extract Air From Mercurius Calcinates Per Se [mercury Oxide]; And I Presently Found That, By Means Of This Lens, Air Was Expelled From It Very Readily. … I Admitted Water To It [the Extracted Air], And Found That It Was Not Imbibed By It. But What Surprized Me More Than I Can Well Express, Was, That A Candle Burned In This Air With A Remarkably Vigorous Flame… I Was Utterly At A Loss How To Account For It.

Childhood, Catching Our Imagination When It Is Fresh And Tender, Never Lets Go Of Us.