...foolish thing, we are the first to laugh at it ourselves, and are almost as much pleased with a Ion mot or a good chanson, that ridicules well the disappointment...first experiments were mere matters of amusement. This experiment is by no means a trifling one. It may be attended with important consequences that no one...

...foolish thing, we are the first to laugh at it ourselves, and are almost as much pleased with a l1on tuot or a good chanson, that ridicules well the disappointment...first experiments were mere matters of amusement. This experiment is by no means a trifling one. It may be attended with important consequences that no one...

...Your philosophy seems to be too bashful. In this country we are not so much afraid of being laughed at. If we do a foolish thing, we are the first to...over matter, till we can see to what use that power mar be applied. AVhen we have learnt to manage it, we may hope some time or other to find uses for...

...that ridicules well the disappointment of a project, as we might have been with its success. It docs not seem to me a good reason to decline prosecuting...experiment which apparently increases the power of a man over matter, till we can see to what use that power may be applied. When we have learnt to manage...

...thing, we are the first to laugh at it ourselves, and are almost as much pleased with a Bon Mot or a Chanson, that ridicules well the Disappointment of...some time or other to find Uses for it, as men have clone for Magnetism and Electricity, of which the first Experiments were mere Matters of Amusement....

...me a good reason to decline prosecuting a new Experiment which apparently increases the power of a Man over Matter, till we can see to what use that power can be applied. When we have learnt to manage it, we may hope some time or other to find Uses for it,...

...philosophy seems to be too bashful. In this country we are not so much afraid of being laughed at. ... It does not seem to me a good reason to decline prosecuting...to what use that power may be applied. When we have learned to manage it, we may hope some time or other to find uses for it, as men have done for magnetism...

...undertaking, nor failing to have attained such benefits necessarily a cause for abandoning a line of inquiry. It does not seem to me a good reason to decline prosecuting...experiment which apparently increases the power of a man over matter, till we can see to what use that power may be applied. When we have learnt to manage...

...at that they refuse to undertake investigations that might appear foolish. But, he continues, this "does not seem to me a good reason to decline prosecuting...experiment which apparently increases the power of a man over matter.... We should not suffer pride to prevent our progress in science." It is at this...

...failing to have attained such benefits necessarily a cause for abandoning a line of inquiry. It docs not seem to me a good reason to decline prosecuting...experiment which apparently increases the power of a man over matter, till we can see to what use that power may be applied. When we have learnt to manage...