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"Obvious" is the most dangerous word in mathematics. - Eric Temple Bell The different branches of Arithmetic--Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision. - Lewis Carroll (pseudonym of Charles L. Dodgson), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland BUY VARYING HARE USED BOOK "Can you do addition?" the White Queen asked. "What's one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one?" "I don't know," said Alice. "I lost count." - Lewis Carroll (pseudonym of Charles L. Dodgson), Through the Looking Glass "If the law supposes that," said Mr. Bumble, "the law is an ass, a idiot." - Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist (ch. LI) Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin. - John (Johann) von Neumann Two and two continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the cry of the critic for five. - James Abbott McNeill Whistler
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