"At present, many of the ablest minds are trying to devise expedients for preventing a repetition of the awful conflic…"

"He had the highest regard for my attainments and gave me every evidence of his complete faith in my ability to ultima…"

"This mental activity, at first involuntary under the pressure of illness and suffering, gradually became second natur…"

"We crave for new sensations but soon become indifferent to them. The wonders of yesterday are today common occurrences."

"While I have not lost faith in its potentialities, my views have changed since. War can not be avoided until the phys…"

"These creatures were remarkably efficient, for once they were started they had no sense to stop and continued whirlin…"

"Of all things I liked books best. My father had a large library and whenever I could manage I tried to satisfy my pas…"

"I am credited with being one of the hardest workers and perhaps I am, if thought is the equivalent of labour, for I h…"

"One day I went alone to the river to enjoy myself as usual. When I was a short distance from the masonry, however, I …"

"The moment one constructs a device to carry into practice a crude idea, he finds himself unavoidably engrossed with t…"