Independence does not need to be a grandiose process of disconnection and severing ties.

An anharmonic oscillator is a perturbed version of a harmonic oscillator.

We can uninsulate the one plate of the differential inductometer; and bringing the other near, we can draw out of it a negative spark; then withdrawing it, we can get a positive spark.

Still, be gentle with saleschildren. Odds are, this little boy didn’t take it into his own head to terrorize you with Christian M&M’s.