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> [Gentlemen, that is surely true, it is absolutely paradoxical; we cannot understand it, and we don't know what it means. But we have proved it, and therefore we know it must be the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-peirce/gentlemen-that-is-surely-true-it-is-absolutely-paradoxical-we-cannot/)

[Benjamin Peirce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-peirce/)

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> [Gentlemen, that is surely true, it is absolutely paradoxical; we cannot understand it, and we don't know what it means. But we have proved it, and therefore we know it is the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-peirce/gentlemen-that-is-surely-true-it-is-absolutely-paradoxical-we-cannot-2/)

[Benjamin Peirce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-peirce/)

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## More by Benjamin Peirce

> [The object of geometry in all its measuring and computing, is to ascertain with exactness the plan of the great Geometer, to penetrate the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-peirce/the-object-of-geometry-in-all-its-measuring-and-computing-is-to/)

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> [Gentlemen, that is surely true, it is absolutely paradoxical; we cannot understand it, and we don't know what it means. But we have proved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-peirce/gentlemen-that-is-surely-true-it-is-absolutely-paradoxical-we-cannot/)

[Benjamin Peirce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-peirce/)

> [The branches of mathematics are as various as the sciences to which they belong, and each subject of physical enquiry has its appropriate mathematics.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-peirce/the-branches-of-mathematics-are-as-various-as-the-sciences-to-which/)

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> [There are many cases of these algebras which may obviously be combined into natural classes, but the consideration of this portion of the subject…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-peirce/there-are-many-cases-of-these-algebras-which-may-obviously-be/)

[Benjamin Peirce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-peirce/)

> [What is man? ... What a strange union of matter and mind! A machine for converting material into spiritual force.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-peirce/what-is-man-what-a-strange-union-of-matter-and-mind-a-machine-for/)

[Benjamin Peirce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-peirce/)

> [Gentlemen, that is surely true, it is absolutely paradoxical; we cannot understand it, and we don't know what it means. But we have proved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-peirce/gentlemen-that-is-surely-true-it-is-absolutely-paradoxical-we-cannot-2/)

[Benjamin Peirce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-peirce/)

> [I presume that to the uninitiated the formulae will appear cold and cheerless; but let it be remembered that, like other mathematical formulae, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-peirce/i-presume-that-to-the-uninitiated-the-formulae-will-appear-cold-and/)

[Benjamin Peirce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-peirce/)

> [Gentlemen, as we study the universe we see everywhere the most tremendous manifestations of force. In our own experience we know of but one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-peirce/gentlemen-as-we-study-the-universe-we-see-everywhere-the-most/)

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> [Of possible quadruple algebras the one that had seemed to him by far the most beautiful and remarkable was practically identical with quaternions, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-peirce/of-possible-quadruple-algebras-the-one-that-had-seemed-to-him-by-far/)

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> [Mathematics is the science which draws necessary conclusions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-peirce/mathematics-is-the-science-which-draws-necessary-conclusions/)

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