citizen another, and yet both souls reside in the one 

 body j> Jt, 



Nero had a passion for pet pigeons, and the birds used 

 to come at his call, perch on his shoulder and take 

 dainty crumbs from his lips. 



The natures of some men are divided up into water- 

 tight compartments. Sir Isaac Newton kept his relig- 

 ion in one compartment, and his science in another 

 they never got together. 



Voltaire says, ""When Sir Isaac Newton discovered 

 the Law of Gravitation he excited the envy of the 

 learned men of the world; but they got even with him 

 when he wrote a book on the prophecies of the Bible." 



LITTLE 

 JOURNEYS 



[HEN Newton was only twenty-seven years 

 old he was elected Lucasian Professor of 

 Mathematics of Trinity, an office that car- 

 ried with it a goodly salary and also much 

 honor. Never before had so young a man 

 held this chair. 

 Newton was a pioneer in announcing the physical prop- 

 erties of light. Every village photographer now fully 

 understands this, but when Newton proclaimed it he 

 created a whirlwind of disapproval. When a man at 

 that time put forth an unusual thought it was regarded 

 as a challenge. Teachers and professors all over Great 

 Britain, and also in Germany and France, set about to 

 show the fallacy of Newton's conclusions. 

 Newton had issued a pamphlet with diagrams show- 



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