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• Until I was four years old I lived in the house of my paternal grandfather, about two miles from the pretty little village of Wallace, at the mouth of the river of that name.

  Simon Newcomb

  Years, Names, Two

  Simon Newcomb (1903). “The reminiscences of an astronomer”, Harper and Brothers

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• When about fifteen I once made a great scandal by taking out my knife in prayer meeting and assaulting a young man who, while I was kneeling down during the prayer, stood above me and squeezed my neck.

  Simon Newcomb

  Prayer, Men, Knives

  Simon Newcomb (1903). “The reminiscences of an astronomer”, Harper and Brothers

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• So far as the economic condition of society and the general mode of living and thinking were concerned, I might claim to have lived in the time of the American Revolution.

  Simon Newcomb

  Thinking, Might, Revolution

  Simon Newcomb (1903). “The reminiscences of an astronomer”, Harper and Brothers

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• My first undertaking in the way of scientific experiment was in the field of economics and psychology.

  Simon Newcomb

  Psychology, Way, Fields

  Simon Newcomb (1903). “The reminiscences of an astronomer”, Harper and Brothers

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• The reports of the eclipse parties not only described the scientific observations in great detail, but also the travels and experiences, and were sometimes marked by a piquancy not common in official documents.

  Simon Newcomb

  Party, Sea, Swag

  Simon Newcomb (1903). “The reminiscences of an astronomer”, Harper and Brothers

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• In 1858 I received the degree of D. S. from the Lawrence Scientific School, and thereafter remained on the rolls of the university as a resident graduate.

  Simon Newcomb

  Inspirational, Funny, Graduation

  Simon Newcomb (1903). “The reminiscences of an astronomer”, Harper and Brothers

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• My father was the most rational and the most dispassionate of men.

  Simon Newcomb

  Boyfriend, Dad, Father

  Simon Newcomb (1903). “The reminiscences of an astronomer”, Harper and Brothers

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• One hardly knows where, in the history of science, to look for an important movement that had its effective start in so pure and simple an accident as that which led to the building of the great Washington telescope, and went on to the discovery of the satellites of Mars.

  Simon Newcomb

  Knowledge, Science, Simple

  Simon Newcomb (1903). “The reminiscences of an astronomer”, Harper and Brothers

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• The mathematician of to-day admits that he can neither square the circle, duplicate the cube or trisect the angle. May not our mechanicians, in like manner, be ultimately forced to admit that aerial flight is one of that great class of problems with which men can never cope... I do not claim that this is a necessary conclusion from any past experience. But I do think that success must await progress of a different kind from that of invention.

  Simon Newcomb

  Airplane, Past, Men

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• James Edward Oliver might have been one of the great mathematicians of his time had he not been absolutely wanting in the power of continuous work.

  Simon Newcomb

  Might, Might Have Been, Mathematician

  Simon Newcomb (1903). “The reminiscences of an astronomer”, Harper and Brothers

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