"The natural man inevitably rebels against mathematics,..." - Quote by Woodrow Wilson
The natural man inevitably rebels against mathematics, a mild form of torture that could only be learned by painful processes of drill.
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“Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.”
“All things come to him who waits”
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“In our democracy every young person should have an equal opportunity to obtain a higher education, regardless of his station in life or financial means.”
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More on Mathematics
“Our account does not rob the mathematicians of their science... In point of fact they do not need the infinite and do not use it.”
“Relations between pure and applied mathematicians are based on trust and understanding.Namely, pure mathematicians do not trust applied mathematicians, and applied mathematicians do not understand pure mathematicians.”
“Insofar as mathematics is true, it does not describe the real world. Insofar as it describes the real world, it is not true.”