At the age of eleven, I began Euclid, with my brother as my tutor. Thi…

Bertrand Russell
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At the age of eleven, I began Euclid, with my brother as my tutor. This was one of the great events of my life, as dazzling as first love. I had not imagined there was anything so delicious in the world. From that moment until I was thirty-eight, mathematics was my chief interest and my chief source of happiness. ✨ Bertrand Russell (2009). Autobiography, p.25, Routledge
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