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What God sends is welcome.

The novel, in its best form, I regard as one of the most powerful engines of civilization ever invented.

There is a pinciple in the heart of music which has yet to be discovered.

Geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, undoubtedly ranks, in the scale of the sciences, next to astronomy.

The besetting evil of our age is the temptation to squander and dilute thought on a thousand different lines of inquiry.

The barrier has begun to yield.

Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.

To the natural philosopher, there is no natural object unimportant or trifling. From the least of Nature's works he may learn the greatest lessons.

Self-respect,
the corner-stone of all virtue.

The stars are the land-marks of the universe.

Occurrences which according to received theories ought not to happen, are the facts which serve as clues to new discoveries

Speculations apparently the most unprofitable have almost invariably been those from which the greatest practical applications have emanated.