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> [ Mathematics had never had more than a secondary interest for him \[her husband, George Boole\]; and even logic he cared for chiefly as a means of clearing the ground of doctrines imagined to be proved, by showing that the evidence… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-everest-boole/mathematics-had-never-had-more-than-a-secondary-interest-for-him-her-2/)

[Mary Everest Boole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-everest-boole/)

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> [Mathematics had never had more than a secondary interest for him ; and even logic he cared for chiefly as a means of clearing the ground of doctrines imagined to be proved, by showing that the evidence on which they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-everest-boole/mathematics-had-never-had-more-than-a-secondary-interest-for-him-and/)

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## More by Mary Everest Boole

> [ “Mathematics had never had more than a secondary interest for him \[her husband, George Boole\]; and even logic he cared for chiefly as a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-everest-boole/mathematics-had-never-had-more-than-a-secondary-interest-for-him-her/)

[Mary Everest Boole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-everest-boole/)

> [Only dead mathematics can be taught where the attitude of competition prevails: living mathematics must always be a communal possession.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-everest-boole/only-dead-mathematics-can-be-taught-where-the-attitude-of-competition/)

[Mary Everest Boole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-everest-boole/)

> [ Mathematics had never had more than a secondary interest for him \[her husband, George Boole\]; and even logic he cared for chiefly as a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-everest-boole/mathematics-had-never-had-more-than-a-secondary-interest-for-him-her-2/)

[Mary Everest Boole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-everest-boole/)

> [Mathematics had never had more than a secondary interest for him ; and even logic he cared for chiefly as a means of clearing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-everest-boole/mathematics-had-never-had-more-than-a-secondary-interest-for-him-and/)

[Mary Everest Boole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-everest-boole/)

> [The stimulus of competition, when applied at an early age to real thought processes, is injurious both to nerve-power and to scientific insight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-everest-boole/the-stimulus-of-competition-when-applied-at-an-early-age-to-real/)

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