Time, Matter, Space - All, It May

Scepticism Is The First Step Toward Truth.

As Long As The Centuries Continue To Unfold, The Number Of Books Will Grow Continually, And One Can Predict That A Time Will Come When It Will Be Almost As Difficult To Learn Anything From Books As From The Direct Study Of The Whole Universe. It Will Be Almost As Convenient To Search For Some Bit Of Truth Concealed In Nature As It Will Be To Find It Hidden Away In An Immense Multitude Of Bound Volumes.

The General Interest Of The Masses Might Take The Place Of The Insight Of Genius If It Were Allowed Freedom Of Action.

Oh! How Near Are Genius And Madness! Men Imprison Them And Chain Them, Or Raise Statues To Them.

This Root [the Potato], No Matter How Much You Prepare It, Is Tasteless And Floury. It Cannot Pass For An Agreeable Food, But It Supplies A Food Sufficiently Abundant And Sufficiently Healthy For Men Who Ask Only To Sustain Themselves. The Potato Is Criticized With Reason For Being Windy, But What Matters Windiness For The Vigorous Organisms Of Peasants And Laborers?