Matthew Adams
Matthew Adams
Matthew Adamswas a distinguished writer in Boston, Massachusetts, though a mechanic, or "tradesman," yet had a handsome collection of books and cultivated literature. Benjamin Franklin acknowledges his obligations for access to his library. He was one of the writers of the Essays in the New England Journal. He died poor, but with a reputation more durable than an estate, in 1753...
create fix
It doesn't fix everything, but it would create a more just system.
british developed functional people relationship tear themselves
British people don't feel they can tear themselves away from their desk, and have developed a very functional relationship with food.
astronomy great interest ongoing planning
It?s interesting that astronomy can do this. And it?s great that there?s this ongoing interest in Ansel. We?re planning to go out and see it for curiosity?s sake.
adjusted care few health human machine mostly parts people run rust spill time wear worry
Few people wear out before their time. Mostly they rust out, worry out, run out - spill out. A machine must have care and its different parts must be adjusted properly. No machine has ever approached the human machine. When it is right, it is in health.
add common laws looked myriad
There are a myriad of immigration laws that, when looked at through the common sense of justice, don't add up.
last lost
We don't even know their last name, but we know they have lost everything,
cost decay warning
Nearly all our ills are the result of neglect in some way or other. And this truth may be said to apply to the ills of nations as well. Negligence is at the bottom of all decay. And decay always starts by showing little signs-or warnings. Then is the time to show interest and to be alert. There is nothing quite so easy as to neglect, and nothing quite so difficult as to repair that negligence. Negligence always carries a high price. It costs nothing to avoid it!
mistake men secret
No one ever gets too big to make mistakes. The secret is that the big man is greater than his mistakes, because he rises right out of them and passes beyond them.
corporations hundred cents
No one owns you. One hundred per cent of the stock in your personal corporation belongs to you.
waiting deeds chance
Courage is heartworth making itself felt in deeds. It never waits for chances; it makes chances.