To Read A Book, To Think It

The Eye That Directs A Needle In The Delicate Meshes Of Embroidery Will Equally Well Bisect A Star With The Spiderweb Of The Micrometer.

I Am Just Learning To Notice The Different Colors Of The Stars, And Already Begin To Have A New Enjoyment.

A Young Sailor Boy Came To See Me To-day. It Pleases Me To Have These Lads Seek Me On Their Return From Their First Voyage, And Tell Me How Much They Have Learned About Navigation.

That Knowledge Which Is Popular Is Not Scientific.

To Read A Book, To Think It Over, And To Write Out Notes Is A Useful Exercise; A Book Which Will Not Repay Some Hard Thought Is Not Worth Publishing.