"I had a feeling once about mathematics..." - Quote by Winston Churchill
I had a feeling once about mathematics - that I saw it all... but it was after dinner and I let it go.
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“To speak freely of mathematics, I find it the highest exercise of the spirit; but at the same time I know that it is so useless that I make little distinction between a man who is only a mathematician and a common artisan. Also, I call it the most beautiful profession in the world; but it is only a profession.”
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