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...studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible...
Only if education acquires such a personal approach, claimed Ede, will every student be enabled "to attain the most effective self-expression of the individuality with which he's been endowed...
Ridd attributes his extra-sensory powers solely to concentration while at the loom. With contemplation he is able to learn "the innermost secrets of life." Concentration enables the Chief to attain "harmony with the universe, and then all things are possible." According to Ridd, the more one weaves, the more he will elevate his mentality, leading ultimately to infinite peace of mind and the fountain of all knowledge...
...such instructions were given. Balding, studious Captain Apt was told to follow an "optimum" flight plan. This meant that if he made no errors and if everything about the X-2 worked perfectly, he would attain the maximum speed of which the airplane was capable at the assigned altitude. No one expected him to do as well as that. The chances were as heavily against it as if he had scheduled a record-breaking auto tour from New York to Los Angeles that depended on reaching every traffic light just when it turned green...
Fred L. Whipple, professor of Astronomy and director of the Smithsonian Observatory, is supervising the entire project of tracking the satellite's path. He said yesterday that since the sphere will attain a maximum height of 800 miles, it will be visible in this area, although it will probably go no further north than Philadelphia...