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• In 1858 I received the degree of D. S. from the Lawrence Scientific School, and thereafter remained on the rolls of the university as a resident graduate.

  Simon Newcomb

  Inspirational, Funny, Graduation

  Simon Newcomb (1903). “The reminiscences of an astronomer”, Harper and Brothers

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• In 1860 a total eclipse of the sun was visible in British America.

  Simon Newcomb

  America, Eclipse Of The Sun, British

  Simon Newcomb (1903). “The reminiscences of an astronomer”, Harper and Brothers

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• My father followed, during most of his life, the precarious occupation of a country school teacher.

  Simon Newcomb

  Country, Teacher, Father

  Simon Newcomb (1903). “The reminiscences of an astronomer”, Harper and Brothers

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• Though born in Nova Scotia, I am of almost pure New England descent.

  Simon Newcomb

  England, Nova Scotia, Descent

  Simon Newcomb (1903). “The reminiscences of an astronomer”, Harper and Brothers

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• The beginning of 1856 found me teaching in the family of a planter named Bryan, residing in Prince George County, Md., some fifteen or twenty miles from Washington.

  Simon Newcomb

  Teaching, Fifteen, Twenties

  Simon Newcomb (1903). “The reminiscences of an astronomer”, Harper and Brothers

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• James Edward Oliver might have been one of the great mathematicians of his time had he not been absolutely wanting in the power of continuous work.

  Simon Newcomb

  Might, Might Have Been, Mathematician

  Simon Newcomb (1903). “The reminiscences of an astronomer”, Harper and Brothers

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• Until I was four years old I lived in the house of my paternal grandfather, about two miles from the pretty little village of Wallace, at the mouth of the river of that name.

  Simon Newcomb

  Years, Names, Two

  Simon Newcomb (1903). “The reminiscences of an astronomer”, Harper and Brothers

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• When about fifteen I once made a great scandal by taking out my knife in prayer meeting and assaulting a young man who, while I was kneeling down during the prayer, stood above me and squeezed my neck.

  Simon Newcomb

  Prayer, Men, Knives

  Simon Newcomb (1903). “The reminiscences of an astronomer”, Harper and Brothers

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• A few years later the Naval Academy was founded at Annapolis, and a similar course was pursued to provide it with a corps of instructors.

  Simon Newcomb

  Years, Annapolis, Naval

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• I was taught the alphabet by my aunts before I was four years old, and I was reading the Bible in class and beginning geography when I was six.

  Simon Newcomb

  Reading, Aunt, Years

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