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Every boy... should be able by the age of 12 to write his own language with accuracy and some elegance; he should have a reading knowledge of French,… - William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
" "Every boy... should be able by the age of 12 to write his own language with accuracy and some elegance; he should have a reading knowledge of French, and be able to translate Latin and easy Greek authors, and have some acquaintance with German. Having learned thus the meaning of words... a boy should study Logic, so as to be able to apply his words sensibly.
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About William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
William Thomson (June 26, 1824–December 17, 1907), 1st Baron Kelvin, often referred to simply as Lord Kelvin, was an Ulster Scots mathematical physicist.
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The Lord Kelvin
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Sir William Thomson, Lord Kelvin
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Kelvin
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Baron Kelvin
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Lord Kelvin
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Sir William Thomson
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It is impossible by means of inanimate material agency, to derive mechanical effect from any portion of matter by cooling it below the temperature of the coldest of the surrounding objects. [Footnote: ] If this axiom be denied for all temperatures, it would have to be admitted that a self-acting machine might be set to work and produce mechanical effect by cooling the sea or earth, with no limit but the total loss of heat from the earth and sea, or in reality, from the whole material world.
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