Life of Benjamin Silliman, M.D., LL.D., Late Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Geology in Yale College: Chiefly from His Manuscript Reminiscences, Diaries, and Correspondence, Volum 1

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C. Scribner, 1866 - 422 pàgines
 

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Pàgina 301 - Vive, vale. Si quid novisti rectius istis Candidus imperti ; si non his utere mecum.
Pàgina 15 - SHOW pity, Lord; O Lord, forgive, Let a repenting rebel live ; Are not thy mercies large and free ? May not a sinner trust in thee...
Pàgina 18 - HOW doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower...
Pàgina 383 - After a partial recovery from a severe attack of disease, from which he suffered for five weeks, — in a codicil to his will written amidst the ruins of Thebes, from a place called Luxor, an Arab village, the whole of which is situated on the remains of an ancient palace, — Mr. Lowell transmits to his kinsman and trustee his detailed directions for the administration of his trust. Of these, the most important are expressed as follows : — "As the most certain and the most important part of true...
Pàgina 265 - A word of thine almighty breath Can sink the world, or bid it rise : Thy smile is life, thy frown is death. 2 When angry nations rush to arms, And rage, and noise, and tumult reign, And war resounds Its dire alarms, And slaughter...
Pàgina 264 - When angry nations rush to arms, And rage and noise and tumult reign, And war resounds its dire alarms, And slaughter spreads the...
Pàgina 103 - The deficiencies of Dr. Woodhouse's courses were, in a considerable degree, made up in a manner which I could not have anticipated. Robert Hare, my fellow-boarder and companion at Mrs. Smith's, was a genial, kind-hearted man, one year younger than myself and was already a proficient in chemistry upon the scale of that period...
Pàgina 115 - In short, there appear to be more devils in college at present than were cast out of Mary Magdalene. I have been honored by a broadside at one of my windows, which popped off without ceremony six squares of glass. No matter ; you were honored in the same way. I congratulate myself on having obtained the honor. " Fiat justitia ruat ccelum,
Pàgina 95 - ... which occurred to me on the first view of the question of changing professions. On the other hand, the study of Nature appeared very attractive. In her works there is no falsehood, although there are mysteries to unveil, which is a very interesting achievement. Everything in Nature is straightforward and consistent. There are no polluting influences; all the associations with these pursuits are elevated and virtuous, and point towards the infinite Creator.
Pàgina 99 - May 15th, 1858. was liberal almost to a fault, and furnished her table even luxuriously. Our habits were, indeed, in other respects far from those of teetotalers. No person of that description was in our circle. On the contrary, agreeably to the custom which prevailed in the boarding-houses of our cities half a century ago, every gentleman furnished himself with a decanter of wine, — usually a metallic or other label being attached to the neck, and bearing the name of the owner. Healths were drunk,...

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