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Mathematics Is An Obscure Field, An Abstruse Science, Complicated And Exact; Yet So Many Have Attained Perfection In It That We Might Conclude Almost Anyone Who Seriously Applied Himself Would Achieve A Measure Of Success.

It Is Exercise Alone That Supports The Spirits, And Keeps The Mind In Vigor.

The Cultivation Of The Mind Is A Kind Of Food Supplied For The Soul Of Man.

Do Not Hold The Delusion That Your Advancement Is Accomplished By Crushing Others.

These (literary) Studies Are The Food Of Youth, And Consolation Of Age; They Adorn Prosperity, And Are The Comfort And Refuge Of Adversity; They Are Pleasant At Home, And Are No Incumbrance Abroad; They Accompany Us At Night, In Our Travels, And In Our Rural Retreats.