The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends…

Charles Caleb Colton
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The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1824). Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, p.164
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