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And a VERY nice collection of quotes that is to be sure. You have good taste!!

Out of the 40 odd (??) that you sent, there were only four or five, I 
think, that I had never come across before. Your professor, obviously; the 
one by Ross Honsberger, by Fry, Burton ... maybe a couple of others.

I used to have a very nice collection of scientific and mathematical 
quotation books. Harvest of a Quiet Eye, Dictionary of Scientific 
Quotations ... there were several others. I remember a very nice set of 
eight book on various scientific subjects ... physics, medicine, maths, 
general science ... I think I had five of them. Unfortunately, they all 
disappeared to some mysterious beyond in one of the travails and quick 
movements of home that I and my family went through. I have always meant to 
replace those books.

Did you get all those quotes from a book or two that you have? (I do find 
it hard to believe that you have them all stashed away in your memory, to 
be honest, but anything's possible!!!) If you do have a couple of such 
books sitting on your shelf, then would you please give some consideration 
to giving  me the references because curling up with books of that nature 
is my idea of fun. I'm real weird that way.

I really would be obliged if you would pass them on to me. Don't see what 
else I can do but assure that those books, once bought, would be ending up 
in a very good home and with someone who would really appreciate them. Is 
that good enough for you?

I think you might like this one, although you might well know it anyway:

"The good Christian should beware of mathematicians and all those who
make empty prophecies.  The danger already exists that mathematicians
have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and confine
man in the bonds of Hell."
St. Augustine of Hippo

Of course, one has to be fair to poor St. Augustine and keep context in 
mind. In his day there was scant difference between mathematicians and what 
we would today call astrologers. The mathematicians of his day not only 
studied the movements of the planets, most of them also interpreted their 
movements. Even Kepler was still doing that! So ... one can always be 
generous and say that what he was really railing against was astrologers 
... but IMO the historical record speaks volumes for itself. Still. That's 
one quote that I've always kept in my head!!


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