JUST as a world-oonqneror of ancient times, as he halts for a day in the midst of his
victorious career, might long to see the boundaries of the vast territories he has subjugated …

our own times, however, the grievance concerning one of the greatest of these questions
has almost disappeared. For, although there still exist many and varied contradictions …

I have tried to exhibit the new knowledge in such a way that every reader can form his own
judgment as to its philosophical implications. There is room for much legitimate difference of …

TIHE question is sometimes asked us as to the time of year we like the best. To my mind, the
spring is the most delightful; for nature then recovers from the apathy of winter, and stirs …

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips' red: If snow be
white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have …

N ONE OF US CAN KNOW FIRSTHAND the happenings of a century or realize with the
vividness of recent years the feelings and ideas of days before our time. Upon my bookshelf …

SINCE 1848, when the" Poetry of Science" was first submitted to the public, two editions
have been exhausted. This, were proofs required, would of itself show that there is a large …

THE present volume, which is designed to take a systematic, but popular, survey of the most
interesting features of the general SCIENCE OF NATURE, for the purpose of elucidating …

In order to understand any science rightly, it needs that the student should proceed to its
contemplation in an orderly manner, arranging in his mind the various portions of which it is …

A large part of science is purely utilitarian; in the jargon of popular journalism, it is concerned
with harnessing the forces of Nature to the service of man. The science of to-day is unable to …