"Lagrange, in one of the later years of……" — Augustus De Morgan

Lagrange, in one of the later years of his life, imagined that… - Augustus De Morgan
"Lagrange, in one of the later years of his life, imagined that he had overcome the difficulty (of the parallel axiom). He went so far as to write a paper, which he took with him to the Institute, and began to read it. But in the first paragraph something struck him that he had not observed: he muttered: 'Il faut que j'y songe encore', and put the paper in his pocket.' [I must think about it again]"

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