The study of geometry is a petty and idle exercise of the mind, if it …

Henry David Thoreau
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The study of geometry is a petty and idle exercise of the mind, if it is applied to no larger system than the starry one. Mathematics should be mixed not only with physics but with ethics; that is mixed mathematics. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (2014). The Illustrated A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, p.362, Princeton University Press
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