Founding of Greenwich Observatory 1675.
Sir Charles Napier born 1782.
George Park Fisher born 1827.
No one can ask honestly or hopefully to be delivered from temptation
unless he has himself honestly and firmly determined to do the best
he can to keep out of it.
--John Ruskin.
Men at some time are masters of their fates:
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.
--William Shakespeare.
The greatest punishment one can have is to discover, not how hard,
but how low he has fallen.
--M.B.S.
O Timothy, guard that which is committed unto thee, turning away
from the profane babblings and oppositions of the knowledge which is
falsely so-called.
--1 Timothy 6. 20.
Almighty God, through thy mercies may I recognize my faults, and
correct any evil that is in me. Make me strong, that I may not yield
to temptation. May I have regard for thy will and be prepared to take
thy messages as they are flashed to the soul. Amen.