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... genius looks when we come nearer to it . Nothing very comfortable or pleasant , but rather a fearsome mystery . Our story should be focused upon that very mystery . Its value will de- pend upon our ability to evoke the genius every ...
... genius looks when we come nearer to it . Nothing very comfortable or pleasant , but rather a fearsome mystery . Our story should be focused upon that very mystery . Its value will de- pend upon our ability to evoke the genius every ...
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... genius . To be sure our curiosity is not restricted to the mathematical side of him if we are sufficiently interested in his genius our curiosity is properly insatiable but that side is the essential , every other , auxiliary . A ...
... genius . To be sure our curiosity is not restricted to the mathematical side of him if we are sufficiently interested in his genius our curiosity is properly insatiable but that side is the essential , every other , auxiliary . A ...
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... genius . In the second place , while that genius was creating what might be called ( in opposition to Egyp- tian science on one hand and to medieval science on the other ) the beginning of modern science , another development , equally ...
... genius . In the second place , while that genius was creating what might be called ( in opposition to Egyp- tian science on one hand and to medieval science on the other ) the beginning of modern science , another development , equally ...
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