Occupation: Polymath Birth: February 16, 1822 Death: January 17, 1911
All male animals, including men, when they are in love, are apt to behave in ways that seem ludicrous to bystanders..
A really intelligent nation might be held together by far stronger forces than are derived from the purely gregarious instincts. A nation need not be….
It is always the case with the best work, that it is misrepresented, and disparaged at first, for it takes a curiously long time for new ideas to bec….
Some people hate the very name of statistics, but I find them full of beauty and interest. Whenever they are not brutalized, but delicately handled b….