In mathematics we have long since drawn the rein, and given over a hop…

Charles Babbage
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In mathematics we have long since drawn the rein, and given over a hopeless race. ✨ Charles Babbage (1830). Reflections on the Decline of Science in England: And on Some of Its Causes, by Charles Babbage (1830). To which is Added On the Alleged Decline of Science in England, by a Foreigner (Gerard Moll) with a Foreword by Michael Faraday (1831)., p.8
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