Whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so that all ingenious people might be informed thereof.
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Thy sum of duty let two words contain,
(O may they graven in thy heart remain!)
Be read more
Thy sum of duty let two words contain,
(O may they graven in thy heart remain!)
Be humble and be just.
Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only read more
Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly.
We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent read more
We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men
Take up the White Man's burden.
Take up the White Man's burden.
To do my duty in that state of life unto which it shall please
God to call me.
To do my duty in that state of life unto which it shall please
God to call me.
The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing
The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing
One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.
One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.
Duty cannot exist without faith.
Duty cannot exist without faith.
