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“Do not imagine that mathematics is harsh and crabbed, and repulsive to common sense. It is merely the etherealisation of common sense.” quote by Lord Kelvin — Download Open image

“Do not imagine that mathematics is harsh and crabbed, and repulsive to common sense. It is merely the etherealisation of common sense.”

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Christianity without the cross is nothing. The cross was the fitting close of a life of rejection, scorn and defeat. But in no true sense have these things ceased or changed. Jesus is still He whom man despiseth, and the rejected of men. The world has never admired Jesus, for moral courage is yet needed in every one of its…

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If you study science deep enough and long enough, it will force you to believe in God.

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When you are face to face with a difficulty, you are up against a discovery.

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If you can not measure it, you can not improve it.

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I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but…

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If you cannot measure it, then it is not science.

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Simplification of modes of proof is not merely an indication of advance in our knowledge of a subject, but is also the surest guarantee…

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Quaternions came from Hamilton after his really good work had been done, and though beautifully ingenious, have been an unmixed evil to those who…

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Do not imagine that mathematics is hard and crabbed, and repulsive to common sense. It is merely the etherealization of common sense.

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Let nobody be afraid of true freedom of thought. Let us be free in thought and criticism; but, with freedom, we are bound to…

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Symmetrical equations are good in their place, but ' vector ' is a useless survival, or offshoot from quaternions, and has never been of…

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Mathematics is the only good metaphysics.

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